Yesh Gvul

Yesh Gvul is an <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israeli</a> movement founded in 1982 at the outbreak of the <a href="/facts/1982_Lebanon_War/72BQ3nuC">Lebanon War</a>, by combat veterans who <a href="/facts/Refusal_to_serve_in_the_IDF/oITEXxAg">refused</a> to serve in <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a>. Yesh Gvul's campaign of selective refusal is credited with contributing to the Israeli government's decision to withdraw from south Lebanon.
Members of Yesh Gvul have also opposed military service in the <a href="/facts/Palestinian_territories/pTUwGmIE">Occupied Territories</a>. Their slogan in 2014 was: "We don't shoot, we don't cry, and we don't serve in the occupied territories!"
Members of Yesh Gvul perform military duty on a selective basis, dependent upon the nature and location of service. As such "selective refusal" is a form of "<a href="/facts/Civil_disobedience/jaNFkCLY">civil disobedience</a>" (modelled on methods pioneered by <a href="/facts/Mahatma_Gandhi/epTj0j19">Mahatma Gandhi</a> in India), the combat veterans are subject to military and civil charges. From 1971 till 1979, the Ministry of Defense pragmatically allowed such selective objectors, when drafted, to serve within the "green line" separating Israel from the occupied territories.

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Yesh Gvul