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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/19067/full/19067/israeli-court-rejects-petition-from-refusenik-soldiers/ <br /><br /> <b>Israeli court rejects petition from ‘refusenik’ soldiers</b> <br /> Friday, January 3, 2003 | by <p>JERUSALEM (JPS)—The High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition by eight reservists who have refused to serve in the </p> <br /><br /><p>The justices rejected the concept of selective conscientious objection, that is, the refusal to serve in specific circumstances as opposed to pacifism, which is recognized as legitimate by the army.<br /><br /> Supreme Court justices ruled that although both types of refusal to serve are based on moral considerations and conscience, the impact of selective refusal is more damaging to the state.</p> <p> </p>

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