Similar to the way American conscientious objectors were treated in World War I On December 26, 2023, Tal Mitnick, then 18, entered an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) enlistment center in Tel Aviv and publicly announced that he would refuse military service. Subsequently, he was forced to serve 185 days in a...
About ten years ago, I attended a lecture by noted anti-war author Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations at Boston University and former Army colonel whose son died in Iraq. Bacevich provided critical commentary on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and then advocated for restoring the draft...