She will be told to register as a conscript in the Israeli military. She will refuse. She expects be detained, found guilty of disobeying orders and jailed for up to 28 days.
Tair knows what will happen because it the same as it was the last time, and for all conscientious objectors in Israel.
Tair Kaminer, 19, is facing multiple prison sentences for refusing to carry out military conscription in Israel
She knew imprisonment was inevitable the first time she refused and, having served that sentence, the cycle is now repeating itself.
Speaking to The Independent before returning to the base, Tair vowed to continue her objection in protest against the occupation of the Palestinian Territories and settlement construction.
“I'm not going to break,” she said. “I hope they understand that - I won't break.”
Other conscientious objectors have been jailed repeatedly for up to 10 times, reaching combined sentences of around 180 days.
Tair is well-aware of the time she could spend in military prison.
“In a few months I believe they will release me but I don't know how long it will take,” she said. “I hope it won't be too long.”
Israeli
soldiers from the Golani Brigade take part in a military training in
the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria on July 17,
2013.
“I saw the effect of war on children and adults,” she said, describing the trauma and injuries caused by rocket attacks from Gaza and the evolving “generations of hate” on both sides.
Tair supports a two-state solution and said she hopes for peace and freedom for everyone in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, but believes current policies are not the way to ensure it.
“People are desperate, they don't beleive we have a chance of a peaceful solution so they just don't think about it,” she explained.
“As long as we occupy the Palestinian Territories there is no hope - it's not a moral thing to do and it keeps us far away from peace.
”Whenever they start negotiations between Israel and Palestine there's a problem because we are a more powerful state...we control them.
“I think as long as the occupation keeps going, there will be no place to talk about peace.”
“We want to trust (the armed forces), we want to think that everybody is doing the right thing and it's so hard to think that there are wrong things about your country's army,” she added.
“I think if people did more work to understand what the army does, they wouldn't go.”
Tair believes the attention given to her case in Israel is already making potential conscripts consider their choice, with some already sending letters saying they may refuse.
Among those inspired is Tanya Golan, another 19-year-old who has now announced her objection to “discriminatory and oppressive policies”.
She and Tair were joined by almost 100 protesters as they made their way to announce their refusal together at a military induction base on Sunday.
Instead of being immediately imprisoned, they were told to return to seperate points on separate days in what supporters believe could be a tactic to divert media attention.
Tair was ordered to attend a centre in Tel-Hashomer on Monday, and Tanya summoned to Tveria on Tuesday
Sources Independent
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