ISR11973-080702
08 July 2002


ISRAEL: Refusenik Ilan Windholtz imprisoned for the fourth time!


On 2 July 2002, Israeli refusenik Ilan Windholz was imprisoned for the fourth time. He was sentenced to 28 days imprisonment, after serving three sentences: 28 days from 24 March on (ISR11973-270302), 21 days from 6 May on (ISR11973-210502), and 28 days from 26 May on (ISR11973-200602).
In a brief statement he prepared for the occasion of his first imprisonment he wrote:
"I, Ilan Windholz, hereby declare that I am unwilling to serve in any military unit, combatant or non-combatant, which fortifies our control over the Territories and/or the Palestinian people, and protects and strengthens the settlements and the occupation. I therefore request to be exempted from service in the Israeli army on grounds of conscience and ideology - an ideology opposed to the conceptions held by the Israel Defence Forces and the governments of the State of Israel since 1967. I am willing to bear the consequences of my stand, imprisonment included."


Ilan Windholz is due to be released from prison on 27 July. It is possible that he will be imprisoned again afterwards.


War Resisters' International calls for letters of support to Ilan Windholz and all other imprisoned conscientious objectors:


Ilan Windholz
Military ID 7265473
Company A
Military Prison 4
Military Postal Code 02507
IDF
Israel


War Resisters' International calls for letters of protest to the Israeli authorities, and Israeli embassies abroad.


War Resisters' International calls for the immediate release of all imprisoned conscientious objectors.


Andreas Speck
War Resisters' International



ADDRESSES
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Mr. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer,
Minister of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
37 Kaplan st.,
Tel-Aviv 61909,
Israel.
e-mail: mailto: sar@mod.gov.il or mailto: pniot@mod.gov
Fax: ++972-3-696-27-57 / ++972-3-691-69-40 / ++972-3-691-79-15


Commander of Military Prison No. 4,
Military Postal Code 02507
IDF, Israel
Fax: ++972-3-957-52-76


Commander of Military Prison No 6
Military Prison No 6
Military postal number 01860,
IDF
Israel.
FAX: ++972-4-869-28-84


Addresses of Israeli media:
Ma'ariv:
2 Karlibach st.
Tel-Aviv 67132
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-561-06-14
e-mail:  editor@maariv.co.il


Yedioth Aharonoth:
2 Moses st.
Tel-Aviv
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-608-25-46


Ha'aretz (Hebrew):
21 Schocken st.
Tel-Aviv, 61001
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-681-00-12


Ha'aretz (English edition):
21 Schocken st.
Tel-Aviv, 61001
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-512-11-56
e-mail:  letters@haaretz.co.il


Jerusalem Post:
POB 81
Jerusalem 91000
Israel
Fax: ++972-2-538-95-27
e-mail:  news@jpost.co.il or  letters@jpost.co.il


Jerusalem Report:
Fax: ++972-2-537-94-89


Radio (fax numbers):
Kol-Israel ++972-2-531-33-15 and ++972-3-694-47-09
Galei Tzahal ++972-3-512-67-20


Television (fax numbers):
Channel 1 ++972-2-530-15-36
Channel 2 ++972-2-533-98-09


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Tel.: +44 20 7278 4040 * Fax: +44 20 7278 0444
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