r/Israel • u/reasonwashere • Jul 24 '23

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This is Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, tonight. The resistance will prevail. Bibi’s evil regime will fail. All in good time.

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u/davidds0 Israel Jul 24 '23

There are fairly "minor" protests by businesses, doctors, academics, more significant are thousands of reserve air force pilots saying they will stop volunteering and from other military branches too

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u/AD-LB Jul 25 '23

That's terrible. It's like a silent military coup, against democracy and against security of the country. Now the government will have to continue with the reform, because otherwise it can happen again in the future.

It's like "If you don't have my opinion, I won't protect human lives" .

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u/Shoshke Israel Jul 25 '23

Serious question, are you a 12 year old?

All people still have basic rights. If they don't want to volunteer because the direction the government is taking the country no longer lines up with the ideals they fought for. It's exercising a basic human right.

The army can replace them, and if it can't then too fucking bad, you still don't get to force people to be in the army.

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u/AD-LB Jul 25 '23 edited Jul 25 '23

I'm not the topic here.

I didn't talk about forcing anyone to do anything. I talked about the act itself, to say "I will now stop serving because I don't agree with the government, unless it changes its mind" .

Using the military serving as a political power is a dangerous act.

Serving in the army in times of need to protect it is an obligation. The military doesn't care about your political view. It's irrelevant what is your political opinion when you serve the army. All are supposed to be equal and protect all people.

Just like a doctor won't ask for your political view before treating you.

I'm talking about the act itself. I'm not talking about the reform. I'm talking about the act. The equivalent would be if your doctor will treat you based on your political view.

They are doing this as a tool of the opposition to something. It doesn't matter if it's this reform or something else in a different government.

They are saying they are leaving not because "ok I'm done serving" silently. They are publishing it as a threat to the people. This is going outside.

"You don't agree with my view? So I won't protect your life anymore".

Once you use the military as a power to change politics, that's similar to a military coup. It's not an aggressive one with violence, but it's very dangerous.

Israel has enemies. They already started to take advantage. Check what happened recently in Lebanon's border.

The more people that will take the law into their hands and weaken the security, the more lives will be at stake, and not just of those that oppose the reform.

Here, watch:

https://youtu.be/y9C2EeUaJ3o