Left IsraelThey were raised inside a story. They had the courage to step out of it.
Unsettled collects the testimonies of Israelis who left the country, broke with Zionism, or both. Each one risked something to speak — family, friendships, careers, a sense of home. They speak anyway, so that others know they are not alone.
Testimonies
The first testimonies are being recorded. Yours could be one of them. Share your story →
Interviews in other media
- Haim BresheethThe Real News Network · 2025A veteran of 1967 on the war that changed his life and why he became an anti-Zionist.Watch · In English
- Ofer CassifJacobin · 2025The Knesset’s only openly anti-Zionist member on staying and speaking out.Read · In English
- Itamar GreenbergAmnesty International · 2025An ultra-Orthodox teenager on refusing the army and 197 days in prison.Read · In English
- Yonatan ShapiraJURIST · 2024From pilot to refuser: military culture, the Pilots’ Letter and leaving Israel.Read · In English
- Tal Mitnick+972 Magazine · 2023The first refuser jailed over the Gaza war explains his decision.Read · In English
Public voices
All public voicesBefore our first testimonies, others had already spoken out in public. These are some of them, summarised in our own words, with links to where they told their story.
Speaking out has a cost. They paid it.
Some lost friends. Some no longer speak to their parents. Some can’t go back. Every person in this archive chose truth over comfort, knowing what it might cost them. We think that deserves to be heard — and remembered.
If you have left the story, we want to hear yours.
It takes courage to say it out loud. You don’t have to do it alone, and you don’t have to do it under your own name. Write to us in confidence. We verify every case before any interview, and you decide how you appear.
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