Israeli siblings facing IDF conscription granted right to seek refugee protection in Australia

LONDON: Three siblings facing conscription into the Israel Defense Forces have been granted the right to apply for Australian protection visas, The Observer reported. A tribunal found that the trio held a genuine fear that they could be forced to break international law if deployed to Gaza. If they had refused service in Israel, they could have faced imprisonment as conscientious objectors. The Australian Administrative Review Tribunal found that this potential punishment amounted to persecution.

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