Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026One day before the Democrats' primary, Defense Minister Katz ordered the IDF to remove Omri Ronen, an anti-government activist and candidate for the party's list, from reserve duty, accusing him of promoting refusal to serve in the IDFShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeNoa Shpigel06:49 PM • July 19 2026 IDTDefense Minister Israel Katz announced Sunday that he had instructed the IDF chief of staff to remove an anti-government activist running in the center-left Democrats' primary, accusing him of advocating military service refusal.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:IDF refuseniksIsraeli politicsOctober 7Israel KatzDemocratsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMamdani Vs. NetanyahuSettler ViolenceU.S.-IranBroadcasting BillIsrael ElectionsHélène CixousHaQuizHaaretz PodcastDefense Minister Orders IDF to Remove Anti-gov't Activist From Reserve ServiceIsrael Reclassifies Nile Crocodile to Facilitate Ben-Gvir's 'Alligator Alcatraz'Israeli Ministers Join Far-right March to Gaza Calling to Resettle StripIran Weaponizes the Middle East's Water Supply to Gain Leverage Over the U.S.Pressured by Azerbaijan, Israel Drops Knesset Armenian Genocide Recognition VoteRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?As Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the Fight103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them