Revoke citizenship of those who join IDF

THE government should start revoking the citizenship of South Africans who sign up and serve in the Israeli Defence Force.

The revocation of citizenship will send a message of deterrence to anyone considering joining the IDF.

Israeli forces unlawfully kill Palestinian civilians, including children, and unlawfully detain within Israel thousands of Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), holding them in administrative detention without charge or trial.

Torture and other ill-treatment of detainees, including children, is committed with impunity.

Reported methods include beatings, slapping, painful shackling, sleep deprivation, use of stress positions and threats.

Israel continues to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank and in Palestinian villages inside Israel, forcibly evicting residents.

Thousands of African asylumseekers have been threatened with deportation or already deported.

The IDF kills innocent people and detains dissenters.

They cause death and destruction on stolen land.

The Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act also forbids South Africans from offering medical or security services in conflict zones without authorisation. It is time the South African government enforces this. SAIF SOOFIE Durban