What do the Refuseniks hope to accomplish?
Pacifists and Conscientious Objectors hope comprehensively to defer away from military action and aggression on a broad scale to move, both politically and spiritually, toward a decrease in future violence world-wide. These Refuseniks oppose military action and force on any level and though they often share a common goal (e.g peace) with other Refuseniks, often site a broad ideological motivation for their actions. These Refuseniks are often sent to prison, oftentimes for life as their parole is contingent upon their participation in the IDF, or, less often, given an undesirable discharge of some sort. This can come as a Psychological Discharge which frequently carries an unwanted stigma in Israeli society, preventing the individual from success in conventional employment, or a Medical Discharge that can, and often does, require ongoing, generally unnecessary, and extremely painful medical examinations and tests to determine any underlying physiological foundation for the individual’s
