Yahli Agai

Yahli Agai is an 18-year-old queer leftist activist from Tel Aviv. She is a member of the Mesarvot refusal network and a founder of the anti-occupation youth bloc in the protests against the legal overhaul.

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Israeli teenagers sign their names onto a letter declaring their refusal to enlist in the army and serve a dictatorship in Israel or the occupied Palestinian territories, Gimnasia Herzliya, Tel Aviv, September 3, 2023. (Oren Ziv)
A lesson on Israeli ‘democracy’ from an 18-year-old draft refuser
Previous generations of Israelis closed their eyes to the oppression of Palestinians, Mizrahim, and asylum seekers. Our generation can be different.
By Yahli Agai September 5, 2023
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