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The leaders of Israel's large Palestinian minority are stepping up opposition to Israeli government plans to recruit Christians into the military with a specially convened congress on Friday.
The congress, due to be held in the Galilee town of Sakhnin, will include all the minority's political factions. It follows an announcement in April from the #Israeli Defence Forces that all Christians would receive call-up papers on graduating from high school. An initial batch of 800 papers is due to be issued in the coming weeks.
"The congress will make clear that there is a national consensus against serving in the military and the government has crossed a red line," said Nadim Nashef, director of Baladna, a youth movement that has led opposition to the government drive.
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Source: #Aljazeera
The congress, due to be held in the Galilee town of Sakhnin, will include all the minority's political factions. It follows an announcement in April from the #Israeli Defence Forces that all Christians would receive call-up papers on graduating from high school. An initial batch of 800 papers is due to be issued in the coming weeks.
"The congress will make clear that there is a national consensus against serving in the military and the government has crossed a red line," said Nadim Nashef, director of Baladna, a youth movement that has led opposition to the government drive.
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Source: #Aljazeera
