New Refusniks by Peretz Kidron and Ram Rahat, Yesh Gvul 5:16pm Tue Mar 19 '02 Over 50 refuseniks have been jailed since the beginning of the intifada. Six are in various prisons at this time. print article First Serg. (res.) Elad Lahav (27), of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, was sentenced yesterday to 28 days imprisonment for refusing to serve in Hebron. Lahav, married and a computer programmer, declared at his trial: "I refuse to serve in the occupied territories, because when my children grow up, I want to be able to look them in the eyes." Lahav is serving his sentence at Military Prison no. 4. We invite adoption groups to take up Lahav's case. Calls to his wife Sheli at 972.58.349690. The address for letters of support: First Serg. Elad Lahav, 5174876 Prison 4 – POB 02507, IDF, Israel Over 50 refuseniks have been jailed since the beginning of the intifada. Six are in various prisons at this time, among them Capt. (res.) Itai Haviv (29), who serves in the artillery. Haviv, among the first 52 signatories of the recent "Courage to Refuse" declaration, is a tour guide, studying for a masters degree in geology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is married and the couple are expecting their first child. Further details at the Courage to Refuse website: www.seruv.org.il Haviv issued the following declaration: BLACK FLAG Capt. (res.) Itai Haviv As a combat officer in the IDF, I have served all over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. I am not naive. There are times when you must kill in order to survive. On behalf of the state of Israel, I have chased children who threw stones at me. I have patrolled the alleyways of refugee camps. I have banged on their tin doors in the small hours of the morning. I have searched among matresses for propaganda material. I have heard babies crying. I have hauled people out of bed to erase slogans daubed on walls. I have imposed curfews. I have dealt with Palestinian flags fluttering from power pylons. I have halted vehicles. I have confiscated identity cards. I have conveyed handcuffed prisoners in the back of my jeep. I have fired at rioters. I have halted hundreds of vehicles at road blocks. I set up an outlook post on the roof of a cake shop in the main street of Gaza. The routine of occupation. Every day. Every hour. 35 years. I believed that this was a war of no-choice. After all, we had left no stone unturned in our pursuit of peace. We have built over 100 settlements. We have sent 200,000 settlers to live there. We have lost soldiers, children, mothers. All for the sake of the security of the state. For the sake of peace. To stop the next suicide bomber. For 35 years, a black flag has flown over our heads, but we refused to see it. No more. As of March 14, Haviv is serving a 21 day sentence at Military Prison no. 6. Letters of support can be sent to: Capt. (res.) Itai Haviv, Reservists Company, Prison no. 6, Military Post 03734, IDF, Israel REMINDER: This evening, Tuesday, at 8:30, Yesh Gvul is sponsoring a public debate on refusal, (opening remarks: Haim Baram, M.K. Mossi Raz) at Beit Shmuel, Jerusalem. www.yesh-gvul.org add your comments