Natan Blanc, an occupation objector has been jailed by an Israeli military court for the tenth time in six months for refusing to enlist for compulsory military service. According to “Yesh Gvul”, ten consecutive prison sentences for being a conscientious objector is thought to be a record in Israel.

Blanc was sent on Sunday to a military prison for 28 days, the longest sentence the 19-year-old has received since he was called up last November. His refusal to serve in the army was in part prompted by what he called the wave of aggression that swept the country during Israel’s 2008-9 war in Gaza and a moral duty to refuse to participate in a cycle of violence and occupation. Blanc told the “Guardian” last month he was willing to undertake national service in lieu of a stint in the army, but his refusal was a matter of principle.

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