A nephew of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel’s Supreme Court for conscientious objector status. Yonatan Ben-Artzi, a teen-ager facing the draft like all Israeli 18-year-olds, told Israel Television that he is opposed to all armies. Ben-Artzi’s father is a brother of Netanyahu’s wife, Sara.
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