A very moving letter. I hope there are service men and women who still have a conscience, and transcend the "ours is not to reason why..." mentality. Tair Kaminer
"I was sent to an Israeli military prison as a teenager for refusing to join the IDF - this is my letter.
Our prison uniforms are cast-offs from people in the US Army - so I wrote a letter to the man who once wore mine. Tair Kaminer is a 19-year-old conscientious objector currently incarcerated in an Israeli military prison for refusing to do compulsory military service in the IDF. "Dear Mr Smith, You don’t know me, but I feel as though we are really close. For the past 20 days I have worn your shirt. At least, the shirt that was yours while you served in the American army. Here’s the thing: I am sitting in an Israeli military prison. And our uniforms, here in the military prison, were donated to my country by your country. Yes, it is really US Army uniforms that we are wearing..."
"I was sent to an Israeli military prison as a teenager for refusing to join the IDF - this is my letter.
Our prison uniforms are cast-offs from people in the US Army - so I wrote a letter to the man who once wore mine. Tair Kaminer is a 19-year-old conscientious objector currently incarcerated in an Israeli military prison for refusing to do compulsory military service in the IDF. "Dear Mr Smith, You don’t know me, but I feel as though we are really close. For the past 20 days I have worn your shirt. At least, the shirt that was yours while you served in the American army. Here’s the thing: I am sitting in an Israeli military prison. And our uniforms, here in the military prison, were donated to my country by your country. Yes, it is really US Army uniforms that we are wearing..."
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