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‘I would prefer this over killing children:’ Why some Israeli teens are choosing jail over the army (amp.cnn.com)

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Greenberg said his refusal to serve came as the “culmination of a long process of learning and moral reckoning.”

“The more I learned, the more I knew I couldn’t wear a uniform that symbolizes killing and oppression,” he said, explaining that Israel’s war in Gaza - which was launched after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023 - solidified his decision to refuse.

“There is genocide,” he said. “So we don’t need good reasons (to refuse).”

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

OP note that the link you are using is "amp" which is part of the Google ad network.

You can remove amp. And link will work with less Google tracking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's weird because I thought it was abandoned by Google some time ago. https://plausible.io/blog/google-amp says it was deprecated in 2021 but still available. What a POS that was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Sync automatically switches it to the official url. I hope Lemmy 1.0 doesn't break it.