Yesh Gvul

Redirect to: Refusal to serve in the Israeli military

Yesh Gvul ( Hebrew : יש גבול, can be translated as "there is a limit", as "the border exists", or as "enough is enough") is a movement founded in 1982, by combat veterans, at the outbreak of the Lebanon War , who refused to serve in Lebanon and has expanded its opposition to the war in Lebanon to the negation of service in the occupied territories, reflected in the current Yesh Gvul slogan: We don't shoot, we don't cry, and we don't serve in the occupied territories! Yesh Gvul's members performance of military duty is selective and dependent upon the nature and location of service. As "Selective refusal" is a form of " civil disobedience " (modelled on methods pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi ) the combat veterans are open to military and civil charges. Yesh Gvul's campaign of selective refusal played a part in the Israeli governments decision to withdraw from south Lebanon. The New York Times . What had once been sporadic instances of refusal with which the IDF was prepared to live, has changed in character and become an organized protest whose aim is to turn the IDF—the national army, necessarily disengaged from any political or ideological arguments—into the battleground for a kind of confrontation which the army cannot be associated with."—Proceedings of the Supreme Court, 24 September 1980; cited in Peri (1993). The freedom of conscience and sociological perspectives on dilemmas of collective secular disobedience: the case of Israel by Alek D. Journal of Human Rights . 1 (3): 305– 320 . Moshe Levi, approaching the end of his tenure as chief of staff, admitted that refusals to serve in Lebanon had played a role in Minister of Defense Moshe Arens's decision to begin a withdrawal of the IDF from Lebanon (Peri 1993: 155).

Yesh Gvul ( , can be translated as "There is a limit", as "There is a border", or as "Enough is enough") is a movement founded in 1982 at the outbreak of the Lebanon War , by combat veterans who refused to serve in Lebanon . Yesh Gvul's campaign of selective refusal is credited with contributing to the Israeli government's decision to withdraw from south Lebanon. Members of Yesh Gvul have also opposed military service in the Occupied Territories . Their slogan in 2014 was: "We don't shoot, we don't cry, and we don't serve in the occupied territories!" Members of Yesh Gvul perform military duty on a selective basis, dependent upon the nature and location of service. As such "selective refusal" is a form of " civil disobedience " (modelled on methods pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi in India), the combat veterans are subject to military and civil charges. From 1971 till 1979, the Ministry of Defense pragmatically allowed such selective objectors, when drafted, to serve within the "green line" separating Israel from the occupied territories. Journal of Human Rights . 1 (3): 305– 320 . Moshe Levi , approaching the end of his tenure as chief of staff, admitted that refusals to serve in Lebanon had played a role in Minister of Defense Moshe Arens 's decision to begin a withdrawal of the IDF from Lebanon (Peri 1993: 155).

Movement Yesh Gvul ( , can be translated as "There is a limit", as "There is a border", or as "Enough is enough") is a movement founded in 1982 at the outbreak of the Lebanon War , by combat veterans who refused to serve in Lebanon . Yesh Gvul's campaign of selective refusal is credited with contributing to the Israeli government's decision to withdraw from south Lebanon. Members of Yesh Gvul have also opposed military service in the Occupied Territories . Their slogan in 2014 was: "We don't shoot, we don't cry, and we don't serve in the occupied territories!" Members of Yesh Gvul perform military duty on a selective basis, dependent upon the nature and location of service. As such "selective refusal" is a form of " civil disobedience " (modelled on methods pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi in India), the combat veterans are subject to military and civil charges. From 1971 till 1979, the Ministry of Defense pragmatically allowed such selective objectors, when drafted, to serve within the "green line" separating Israel from the occupied territories. Moshe Levi , approaching the end of his tenure as chief of staff, admitted that refusals to serve in Lebanon had played a role in Minister of Defense Moshe Arens 's decision to begin a withdrawal of the IDF from Lebanon (Peri 1993: 155).

Movement Yesh Gvul ( Hebrew : יש גבול , can be translated as "There is a limit", as "There is a border", or as "Enough is enough") is an Israeli movement founded in 1982 at the outbreak of the Lebanon War , by combat veterans who refused to serve in Lebanon . Yesh Gvul's campaign of selective refusal is credited with contributing to the Israeli government's decision to withdraw from south Lebanon. Members of Yesh Gvul have also opposed military service in the Occupied Territories . Their slogan in 2014 was: "We don't shoot, we don't cry, and we don't serve in the occupied territories!" Members of Yesh Gvul perform military duty on a selective basis, dependent upon the nature and location of service. As such "selective refusal" is a form of " civil disobedience " (modelled on methods pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi in India), the combat veterans are subject to military and civil charges. From 1971 till 1979, the Ministry of Defense pragmatically allowed such selective objectors, when drafted, to serve within the "green line" separating Israel from the occupied territories. Moshe Levi , approaching the end of his tenure as chief of staff, admitted that refusals to serve in Lebanon had played a role in Minister of Defense Moshe Arens 's decision to begin a withdrawal of the IDF from Lebanon (Peri 1993: 155).