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  1. Dear Kiwis

    Didi here. More than 20 years ago, as a reservist in the Israeli army serving in the West Bank, I refused to continue serving the Israeli occupation. Today I am the Executive Director of Refuser Solidarity Network. In the face of genocide in Gaza and escalating settler violence in the West Bank, one question comes up again and again: after two years of international protest and direct action against Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, what can actually put a stop to it? We believe resistance from within has the real power to put a stop to war, genocide and occupation, and can do so if we continue to build a powerful resistance here. Not as a symbolic gesture, but as a material force that disrupts the American-Israeli regional order that seeks to install a so-called “Board of Peace” as part of the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip. Resistance from within is one of the few pressures capable of fracturing consensus and making continued atrocities politically costly That is why as an organization, we are shifting our focus on developing the infrastructure necessary to provide a wider swath of civil society the knowledge and skills to effectively resist war and occupation through workshops and trainings to build an effective resistance. If you believe this kind of resistance must continue and grow, please consider making a donation today to help us sustain it.

    Refusing to serve in the military, publicly opposing the genocide in Gaza, and organizing against settler violence all come with real consequences inside Israel. Activists face arrests, legal persecution, job loss, social isolation, and in many cases violence. Yet these acts force Israeli society to confront what is being done in its name. They make denial harder. They interrupt the narrative that there is no alternative and no opposition. Over the past two years, we have seen how even small cracks in consensus can widen when people refuse to cooperate with systems of violence and insist on naming what is happening as genocide, apartheid and occupation.

    At Refuser Solidarity Network, our role is to support this kind of resistance so it can be sustained over time and continue to grow. That means backing refusers, organizers, and activists with legal support, coordination, and care. It means helping to build infrastructure. Movements that rely only on moments of outrage burn out quickly. What we are building is long term opposition rooted in responsibility and persistence.

    We are operating in the midst of an emerging regional order where the United States installs a “Board of Peace” to manage occupied Gaza, which has been totally normalized. We cannot allow the momentum we’ve built over the last two years, supporting resistance groups from within at the peak of the genocide in Gaza, give way to the facade of a “ceasefire”. That is exactly why we are working to develop a platform to support groups resisting from within who are aligned with us, a platform focused on the basics of organizing and movement building through workshops and trainings. This is long-term movement-building, rather than reactionary organizing. This is how we produce the necessary cracks to put a stop to the ongoing genocide and reoccupation of Gaza, and the ongoing displacement in the West Bank.

    Resistance from within Israel will not end genocide or occupation alone. International movements are necessary. But without it, there is no internal pressure, no disruption, and no meaningful challenge to the systems carrying out this violence. Supporting this work is a way of insisting that another future is possible, even under conditions designed to crush dissent. Support the resistance today. Your donation will help us train activists to challange the Israeli occupation and genocide.

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