> Da: "Itamar, Mesarvot Network" <info.mesarvot@???>
> A: "Aldo Maria Femia" <femia@???>
> Inviato: Sabato, 22 marzo 2025 1:24:59
> Oggetto: First transgender refuser Ella Keidar Greenberg sentenced to 30 days in
> military prison
> Ella Keidar Greenberg refused to enlist, viewing her refusal as part of a
> broader struggle for justice
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> Hello,
> It’s Itamar Greenberg from Mesarvot.
> I was sentenced to a total of 195 days in military prison for refusing to serve
> in the Israeli military. Recently, [
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> | During my time in prison, ] the genocide in Gaza has brutally continued and a
> ceasefire was reached, releasing hostages to their homes. This week, Israel
> broke the ceasefire in deadly attacks where hundreds of civilians where killed,
> while putting the hostages lives at risk.
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> This week, Ella Keidar Greenberg refused to enlist and we held a protest to
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> Ella Keidar Greenberg
> Ella (18), a trans woman, views her refusal as part of a broader struggle for
> justice, linking the fight for queer rights with opposition to state violence
> and military oppression.
> Ella was sentenced to 30 days in military prison and is held in a cell by
> herself in the women’s department. The military is currently prohibiting her
> from bringing her medication in the prison, therefore preventing her from
> hormone replacement therapy.
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> “I was raised to be a man and a soldier. At the age of 14 I came out as a trans
> woman and rejected society's dictation of gender. Now, at the age of 18, I am
> refusing to enlist, and rejecting society's militaristic dictation”
> Ella believes that in order or the status quo to keep functioning, we must work,
> enlist to the army, we must kill, get married, start a family, and make
> children who will continue to serve the occupation, capitalism and patriarchy.
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> | transgenders and refusers challenge them ] and create diverse alternatives.
> Ella states: “The main reason for this act, is that my country is committing a
> genocide in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands have been killed in bombings,
> intentional destruction of infrastructure, starvation, and indiscriminate fire.
> Millions were torn from their homes, and continue to exist in a state of
> displacement since. This has been the daily reality in Gaza for the past 18
> months. All for a war that was supposedly meant to bring the hostages back
> home, but in practice, abandons them. The war of annihilation has not passed
> over the West Bank, with escalating settler violence, supported more than ever
> by the military.
> Faced with a reality of mass extermination, of systematic neglect, of trampling
> on rights, of war - the imperative is refusal. Don't stay complacent, gather,
> organize, resist.
> In 40 years, when our grandchildren ask us what we did during the Gaza genocide,
> during the collapse of the old order, if we gave up or if we put up a fight,
> how will you rather answer?
> I know what I'll answer, that I chose to resist, this is why I am refusing.”
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> In solidarity,
> Itamar Greenberg
> Mesarvot Network
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> Photography credits:
> Itamar Greenberg, Solidarity protest: Oren Ziv
> Ella Keidar Greenberg: Soul Behar Tsalik, Mesarvot Network
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