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  • noun Plural form of refusenik.

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Examples

  • Josh, regarding the term refuseniks, it is very different from the Russian/Soviet one.

    Youth Refuseniks to be Released in September | Jewschool 2004

  • Her parents were "refuseniks" - citizens, usually Jews, whose requests to emigrate were refused.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Her parents were "refuseniks" - citizens, usually Jews, whose requests to emigrate were refused.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Her parents were "refuseniks" - citizens, usually Jews, whose requests to emigrate were refused.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • They are called refuseniks, willing to go to prison rather than take part in the latest Israeli offensive.

    CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2002 2002

  • Druze army refuseniks aka 'Raised to be Heroes' www. umanitoba.ca A Canadian film about the more than 1600 who refused compulsory service in the Israeli army because they believe her actions in the occupied territories are wrong.

    WN.com - Articles related to Big Oil Will Be a Big Test for Kazakhstan 2010

  • The numbers of so-called refuseniks are proliferating with groups such as the Courage to

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

  • Battered by commerce, wearied by the endless diminution of the club's cultural status, the final straw for the refuseniks was the manner in which the Glazers leveraged their buy-out by saddling the club with the mortgage to facilitate it.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The numbers of so-called refuseniks are proliferating with groups such as the Courage to Refuse, Shministim and New Profile supporting those who will not serve in the Israeli Defense Forces.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • The numbers of so-called refuseniks are proliferating with groups such as the Courage to Refuse, Shministim and New Profile supporting those who will not serve in the Israeli Defense Forces.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

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