We Refuse

• Words: Based on the text of an open letter written by 63 draft-age Israeli teenagers on 3rd January 2018 to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the forces' chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Education Minister Naftali Bennet, publicly refusing to be conscripted into the Israeli army.
• Music: Jane Lewis

Cho­rus
We refuse to serve the occupation,
We refuse to take part in oppression,
We are not pre­pared to take up guns any more
We refuse con­scrip­tion ‘til the occu­pa­tion ends
We refuse con­scrip­tion ‘til the occu­pa­tion ends

Part A
For we are bound by the val­ues of jus­tice, peace, equality,
And will not lend a hand to a racist gov’ment policy.
We will not be draft­ed to serve in the army,
We refuse con­scrip­tion ‘til the occu­pa­tion ends,
We refuse con­scrip­tion ‘til the occu­pa­tion ends

Part B
We know there is anoth­er reality
We can cre­ate together
We will not be denied this possibility
We refuse con­scrip­tion ‘til the occu­pa­tion ends,
We refuse con­scrip­tion ‘til the occu­pa­tion ends

Sug­gest­ed order:
Cho­rus; part A only; cho­rus; part B only; cho­rus; parts A and B togeth­er; end with chorus

Music score: we refuse

Sim­pler ver­sion: We Refuse_simple — Full Score

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