That was not the point. You can hire both Russians and Israelis, as long as they were not involved in the occupation of Ukraine and Palestine respectively. It gets more trickier with Israel, because of the mandatory conscription to the occupying army, whereas virtually all Russians working in tech that I personally know never served in the Russian military.
At no point did submeta qualify their statement to only apply to former soldiers. Quite the rather - they removed the nuance that did exist in their quoted propaganda articles and made it explicitly based on national origin only.
And you mean soldiers of an apartheid state, that is accused of genocide and whose leaders have arrest wartants from the highest court, are like soldiers from any other country?
Sources Declaring Israel's Practices as Apartheid:
1. UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory:
Michael Lynk's report concludes that Israel's practices in the OPT amount to apartheid [3][9][12].
2. International Court of Justice (ICJ):
Found Israel responsible for apartheid in its advisory opinion [1][7].
3. Amnesty International:
Describes Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid, a crime against humanity [2][5][10].
4. Human Rights Watch:
Concludes that Israel's policies constitute apartheid and persecution against Palestinians [4][5].
5. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ):
Denounces Israel's system of apartheid against Palestinians [8].
6. B'Tselem:
An Israeli human rights group that has also described Israel's practices as apartheid [9].
7. Al-Haq and other Palestinian organizations:
Submitted reports to UN bodies arguing that Israel maintains an apartheid regime [4].
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Sources Declaring Israel's Practices as Apartheid:
1. UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Michael Lynk's report concludes that Israel's practices in the OPT amount to apartheid [3][9][12].
2. International Court of Justice (ICJ): Found Israel responsible for apartheid in its advisory opinion [1][7].
3. Amnesty International: Describes Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid, a crime against humanity [2][5][10].
4. Human Rights Watch: Concludes that Israel's policies constitute apartheid and persecution against Palestinians [4][5].
5. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ): Denounces Israel's system of apartheid against Palestinians [8].
6. B'Tselem: An Israeli human rights group that has also described Israel's practices as apartheid [9].
7. Al-Haq and other Palestinian organizations: Submitted reports to UN bodies arguing that Israel maintains an apartheid regime [4].
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