This Israeli Was Imprisoned For Opposing The Occupation. Please Listen To Her
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
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🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Atalya Ben-Abba is an Israeli conscientious objector: as a teenager, she was sent to prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli Defence Forces because of her opposition to the occupation. Now she's calling for a ceasefire - and the least we can do in response to her courage is to stand by her.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, thank you for joining me. |
| 0:01.2 | I'm very delighted to be joined today by |
| 0:03.0 | Atalia Ben Abba. |
| 0:04.2 | She is an Israeli conscientious ejector |
| 0:07.1 | who was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the IDF. |
| 0:11.8 | I just want to firstly, thank you so much, Atalia. |
| 0:13.9 | It's a big honor to be joined by you. |
| 0:16.2 | And I know anyone watching or listening to this, |
| 0:18.4 | I think will be an all of your courage |
| 0:20.7 | and the fact that you're here to speak |
| 0:23.6 | about what's happening, the horror at the moment. |
| 0:26.7 | So just start, you were 19 years old. |
| 0:29.2 | This is 2017. |
| 0:31.1 | Can you explain why you refuse to serve |
| 0:34.2 | in the Israeli defense forces at that age |
| 0:36.8 | and what the consequences were? |
| 0:39.1 | Yes, so first of all, thank you for having me. |
| 0:42.6 | I really appreciate that. |
| 0:44.7 | So when I refused, I was already an anti-occupation activist |
| 0:51.9 | and mainly in Jerusalem where I grew up. |
| 0:57.4 | And I grew up in an area that is greedy in the border |
| 1:01.0 | between the Easter's and I'm in Wester's at them |
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