For Israeli military paramedic Yuval Green, it was the command to burn down a house that made him decide to end his reserve duty.
Green had spent 50 days in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis earlier this year with his paratrooper unit, sleeping in a home lit only by battery-powered fairy lights among the rubble and devastation.
He had begun to have doubts about the unit’s purpose there months earlier when he heard about Israel’s refusal to agree to Hamas’s demands to end the war, along with freeing hostages.
Green is one of three Israeli reservists who told the Observer they will not return if called for military service in Gaza. All three previously undertook compulsory military service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which forms the backbone of society.
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Yeah well look back at the Nuremberg trials. A lot of the Nazis that were convicted were “just doing their job”. That didn’t excuse anything.
OP is right. He deserves to be accused of serving and participating in genocide, even if he regrets it.
These men are voicing dissent during an active conflict, how the fuck is that the same as what happened at Nuremberg?? What more do you want?
Only leaders were tried at Nuremberg though, which is why that shit didn’t fly. As reservists, these guys almost don’t qualify as professional soldiers. Trying the few dissenters for genocide would ensure no one in the IDF questions their orders ever again