This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Brothers and Sisters in Arms (Hebrew: אחים ואחיות לנשק), also known as Achim Laneshek and Brothers in Arms (Hebrew: אחים לנשק), is an organization of reserve men and women from various units of the IDF, operating within the protest movement against the judicial reforms promoted by the thirty-seventh government of Israel headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The organization operated in various ways, including demonstrations in front of the homes of ministers and members of the Knesset, "vigils" that included discussion positions, advocacy in Israel and abroad, and disruption and protest actions such as hanging giant anti-judicial reform signs on cliffs, blocking roads and blocking entry to the offices or websites of organizations regarded as being responsible for the government program (such as the Kohelet Policy Forum) or symbolize areas of life that are expected to be severely affected as a result (such as the Ministry of Defense and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange).

Shortly after the suspension, the organization returned to full protest activity after members of the government explicitly declared that they are continuing to promote the judicial reform.

A tent has also been set up near the recruitment office at the Tel Hashomer army base to conduct dialogues with the ultra-Orthodox youth who come there to receive their exemptions from military service.

[95] On July 19, members of the organization gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum Square and declared a halt to volunteering for the reserves to preserve the IDF's moral values.

[93] In the following days, the organization's activists demanded that Chief of Staff, Lieut.-General Herzi Halevi, "Knock on the table and tell the government in a loud and clear voice: 'You are dissolving the people's army!

'[94] On July 22, at the end of a mass protest march to Jerusalem, organization activists distributed copies of the petition calling on reserve soldiers to stop volunteering for military duty.

The petition was worded as a personal letter in which signatories wrote: "I am not ready to serve a government that does not respect the values of Israel as a democratic state and acts contrary to the principles and spirit of the IDF.

[95] That evening, the organization held a press conference with representatives of dozens of units and announced that 10,000 people would stop volunteering for the reserves if the legislation moved forward.

[96] On the morning of October 7, 2023, following the surprise rocket attack, invasion, and massacre by Hamas in the south of Israel,[97][98] the leaders of the organization announced an immediate halt to all protest activities.

On the same day, the infrastructure previously used by Brothers and Sisters in Arns for its protest activities was converted into assisting the security forces and providing aid to survivors of the massacre.

[3][100] The organization established dedicated logistic centers in Tel Aviv and Beit Kama, where many aid initiatives were coordinated with the help of tens of thousands of volunteers across the country.

Efforts were made to find housing solutions for displaced families and to provide support to security forces trying to locate missing individuals, using advanced technological resources for this purpose.

[106] On October 20, 2023, Brothers and Sisters in Arms volunteers began providing assistance to 24 farms in 11 localities near the border with Gaza, which were suffering from a lack of working hands.

[107][108] On April 22, Knesset Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sent a warning letter to "Brothers and Sisters in Arms" following the organization's claim that he had evaded military service.

[109] Yotam Zamri, a panelist on the program "The Patriots" on Channel 14, attacked the organization saying, "I don't understand why their signs are written in Hebrew and not in the original language, German.

[110] On June 26, 2023, Cabinet Minister Bezalel Smotrich called the organization's activists "trolls" following their announcement that they would revive the threat to stop volunteering for military service.

[115] During the main demonstration against the legislative measures in Kaplan, Tel Aviv on July 1, 2023, a violent confrontation took place between activists from Brothers and Sisters in Arms and members of an anti-government group calling itself "the Anti-occupation Bloc".

[119] The organization received the John McCain Award at the Halifax Conference in Canada for its defense of Israeli democracy, and its assistance in the civilian sector since the events of October 7.

[122] On February 28, 2024, the female activists in the organization received the Knighthood of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation for that year in honour of their activities in providing assistance in a variety of fields after the events of October 7.