Yesh Gvul Yesh Gvul ( Hebrew : יש גבול , can be translated as " there is a limit " , as " the border exists " , or as " enough is enough " ) is a movement founded in 1982 , by combat veterans , at the outbreak of the Lebanon War , who refused to serve in Lebanon and has expanded its opposition to the war in Lebanon to the negation of service in the occupied territories , reflected in the current Yesh Gvul slogan : Yesh Gvul ' s members performance of military duty is selective and dependent upon the nature and location of service . As " Selective refusal " is a form of " civil disobedience " ( modelled on methods pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi ) the combat veterans are open to military and civil charges . Yesh Gvul ' s campaign of selective refusal played a part in the Israeli governments decision to withdraw from south Lebanon . Adam Keller . In the Adam Keller Court Martial which drew considerable public attention in April – May 1988 , Reserve Corporal Adam Keller was charged with " Insubordination " and " Spreading of Propaganda Harmful to Military Discipline " in that while on active military duty he had written on 117 tanks and other military vehicles graffiti with the text : " Soldiers of the IDF , refuse to be occupiers and oppressors , refuse to serve in the occupied territories ! " as well as placing on electricity pylons in the military camp where he was serving - and on inside doors of the stalls in the officers ' toilet - stickers with the slogans " Down with the occupation ! " . Keller was convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment - considered a relatively mild sentence , as the maximum penalty could have been six years , three for each of the charges . Keller was an active member of Yesh Gvul , but declared that he had done his act on his own without consulting anybody else . For its part , the movement did not take responsibility for his act , but did provide his wife with the financial support given to the families of refusers . Methods of support . Yesh Gvul operates in three main areas : personal support for each " refusenik " ; activities for an end to the occupation ; and a broad campaign of public education for social change within Israeli society . Currently it sees its main role as " backing soldiers who refuse duties of a repressive or aggressive nature " with both moral and financial assistance . Yesh Gvul have found over the years that an effective support mechanism for jailed refuseniks is by having support groups from outside Israel adopt the " refusenik " . Support groups are alerted , triggering a range of activities . Emails , letters and phone calls go out to the refusenik ' s family and to the jail where he is held ; the adoption group exerts political pressure with protests to the nearest Israeli diplomatic mission , while conducting extensive actions within its own community . The adoption group also offers material assistance , raising funds to help the refusenik ' s dependants . Yesh Gvul also engages in human rights activities , such as petitioning British courts to issue arrest warrants for IDF officers accused of human rights abuses and war crimes . A petition , delivered to Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon was signed by 3 , 000 reservists , some of whom were court martial ed and served time in military prison for refusing to obey orders . From the second Intifada , Yesh Gvul has joined a broad coalition of groups supporting the right of conscripts to demand alternative humanitarian service .