(Hebrew for "twelfth graders") A movement of high school students that publicly refuse to serve in the
Israeli army due to their conscientious objection to occupation and oppression by the Israeli military. They chose to go by the name "Shministim" as a reference to a group of high school seniors who wrote a letter to the late Prime Minister
Golda Meir expressing their concern about the Israeli occupation on the eve of their draft into the army. Today's Shministim often serve time in prison, as do many other refuseniks. See "
The Shministim Letter 2008." See also
december18.org.