{"product_id":"breaking-ranks-ronit-chacham","title":"Breaking Ranks | Ronit Chacham","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBreaking Ranks: Refusing to Serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip | Ronit Chacham\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2003 following the \u003cstrong\u003eSecond Intifada\u003c\/strong\u003e, a series of powerful conversations with \u003cstrong\u003eIsraeli soldiers who refused to serve \u003c\/strong\u003ein the West Bank and Gaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, fifty-two members of the Israel Defense Forces signed an open letter, published in the Israeli newspaper \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e, detailing why they refused to serve in Gaza and the West Bank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA year later, the movement counted more than five hundred of these “refuseniks\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a series of moving and provocative conversations, nine members of the movement tell why they refused “to fight beyond the 1967 borders in order to dominate, expel, starve, and humiliate an entire people.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese nine refuseniks are sergeants, majors, or lieutenants; their names are Guy, Assaf, Rami, Yaniv, Tal, Shamai, Yuval, Ishay, and David.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey tell of their individual family backgrounds and beliefs, and as they share their stories of personal and moral struggle, they also raise the disturbing issue of human rights abuses by the Israeli army in the occupied territories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these personal accounts, the \u003cstrong\u003erefuseniks\u003c\/strong\u003e offer new perspectives on entrenched ideas about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Their voices carry a message that is much needed and sorely lacking in our discourse about the current crisis: one of hope and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51521116832059,"sku":"1590510992","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781590510995.jpg?v=1785530287","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/breaking-ranks-ronit-chacham","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}