‘Most of the country thinks of me as a traitor because people split it into us versus them’

In Israel, since the beginning of the war on Gaza, only two individuals have taken a stand as conscientious objectors, one being 18-year-old Sofia, who has recently been released after serving a 20-day jail term, and preparing to return to prison again for refusing to serve in the Israeli military.

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