update on imprisoned objectors

["David Raban" <draban at pob.huji.ac.il>]

Dear friends,



At the moment there are 10 CO's in military prisons:

Eight reservists who refuse to serve in the OT's, or to perform specific
duties in the OT's  and two male draft resistors in the isolation ward of
prison no. 4.



In prison:





Yoel Perlman:

Yoel, a pacifist, is now on his fourth prison term. He is currently held in
the isolation ward of prison 4, and he is going to be tried in a court
martial for desertion on November 27th. Yoel is currently trying to get
exempt through the unsuitability committee. You can write him letters of
support to the following adrress:

Yoel Perlman, 15/2 Nordau st., Kfar-Saba, 44391.

Or via email: lipperl at actcom.co.il

Or directly to his prison address:

Yoel Perlman, agaf habidud, prison 5, military post 02507



K.

K. , a pacifist, is currently held in prison no. 4, in the isolation ward.





-Ariel Hendels: was sentenced to 28 days in prison no. 4 for refusing to
serve in the occupied territories.

Expected release date: 9.12



-Lavi Tzahi: 24 years old, works as a security guard, was sentenced to 28
days in prison no. 4 for refusing to serve in the occupied territories.

Expected release date: 9.12



-Eezra Peres: 26 years old, was sentenced to 28 days in prison no. 4 for
refusing to serve in the occupied territories.

Expected release date: 4.12



-Tom Mehager: 27 years old, was sentenced to 28 days in prison no. 6, for
refusing to serve in a road-block which was erected for the purpose of
collective punishment  of the Palestinian population who lives nearbye.
expected relase date: 4. 12

his statement (Hebrew only) can be found at:

http://seruv.org.il/NewSite/hebrew/signer_article.asp?sid=568



Ido Shahar:

34 years old, married with a child, refused was sentenced to 28 days in
prison no. 4 for refusing to serve in the occupied territories.

Expected release date: 9.12



-Guy Shalev

studies media, was sentenced to 28 days in prison no. 4 for refusing to
serve in the occupied territories.

Expected release date: 9.12



-Yiftah Cohen

was sentenced to 28 days in prison no. 4 for refusing to serve in the
occupied territories.

Expected release date: 9.12



Yiftah Cohen, a student for philosophy & law, 23 years old, was sentenced
to 21 days in prison no. 4 for refusing to serve in the occupied
territories.

Expected release date: 9.12

His statement: "I refuse to oppress civilian population on both sided of
the "green line" ".











Addresses for sending letters:

 Letters for all those reservists in jail can be sent by email to:
dash at seruv.org.il

We recommend using the email option. However, if you wish to send a
hand-written letters or postcards you can send them to:

[CO's name], POB 16238 Tel Aviv.











What can we do?



First of all, please circulate this message and the information contained in
it as widely as possible, not only through e-mail, but also on websites,
conventional media, by word of mouth, etc.


1.Sending Letters of Support for Prisoners


2. Letters to Authorities

It is recommended to send letters of protest on behalf of the objectors to:

Mr. Shaul Mofaz,
Minister of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
37 Kaplan St.,
Tel-Aviv 61909,
Israel.
E-mail: mailto:sar at mod.gov.il or mailto:pniot at mod.gov.il
Fax: ++972-3-696-27-57 / ++972-3-691-69-40 / ++972-3-691-79-15

Copies can be sent to the commanders of the prisons at:

Commander of Military Prison No. 4,
Military Prison No. 4,
Military postal number 02507,
IDF
Israel.
Fax: ++972-3-957-52-76

Another useful address for sending copies would be the Military Attorney
General:

Brig. Gen. Menachem Finklestein
Chief Military Attorney
Military postal code 9605
IDF
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-569-43-70

In the cases of draft resisters and conscripts it would be especially
useful to send your appeals to the Commander of the Induction Base in
Tel-Hashomer. It is this officer that ultimately decides whether an
objector is to be exempted from military service or sent to another round
in prison:

Commander of Induction Base, Tel-Hashomer
Military Postal Code 02718, IDF
Israel.
Fax: ++972-3-737-60-52





Copies of appeals in can also be sent to:

Head of Incompatibles Unit
Induction Base (Baqum)
Tel-Hashomer
Fax: ++972-3-737-67-05.


Please be aware that writing to the media at this time is more important
than ever.





Thank you,

David Raban, New Profile.