On
BBC News 24's HARDtalk tonight (Wednesday 6 November), Sarah Montague
interviews
Major Rami Kaplan, Israeli army refusnik.
Major
Rami Kaplan is the highest-ranking officer in the Israeli army to
refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories.
He
had been a battalion deputy commander, but after his refusal to
serve he was suspended, and spent 28 days in a military jail.
He
is one of eight other "refusniks" who have appealed to
the High Court of Israel, claiming that the occupation is not legal
and therefore their refusal to serve is within the law.
They
are demanding that the court gives them the status of conscientious
objectors.
Notes
to Editors
HARDtalk
is broadcast on BBC News 24, Monday to Friday at 10.30pm, and is
repeated Tuesday to Saturday at 2.30am.
