At least ten soldiers have opted for prison terms rather than going through with their deployment. The refusals would be the first of their kind since Israel launched its massive air, sea and ground assault on the Gaza Strip. On "conscience’s grounds," the soldiers refused orders to head to the Gaza Strip, they said. Preferring a 14-day prison stint and rounding criticism from fellow soldiers and society at large, at least ten are awaiting trial for violations of orders. One said he simply could not go through with the deployment....
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Ten Israeli soldiers choose jail over Gaza
Ma'an news
Jan 12, 2009
Bethlehem – Ma’an – At least ten soldiers have opted for prison terms rather than going through with their deployment.
The refusals would be the first of their kind since Israel launched its massive air, sea and ground assault on the Gaza Strip,
On "conscience’s grounds," the soldiers refused orders to head to the Gaza Strip, they said.
Preferring a 14-day prison stint and rounding criticism from fellow soldiers and society at large, at least ten are awaiting trial for violations of orders. One said he simply could not go through with the deployment.
No'em Levna, a first lieutenant in Israel's army, refused to serve in Gaza, saying, "We killed 900 Palestinians in 17 days, including hundreds of children."
"If violence must be used, it should be used minimally, and that isn't what’s happening," he added. "Killing innocent civilians cannot be justified. Nothing justifies this kind of killing. It’s devilish."
"It is Israeli arrogance based on logic. It’s saying, 'if we hit more, everything will be okay,'" he said. "But the hatred and anger we are planting in Gaza will rebound on us."
***Updated 23:28 Gaza time
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| Comment by shiekh yassin - 13 Jan 2009 - 06:35 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | lâ ilâha illâ allâh
some are qawifs like hamas that hide under women skirts |
| Comment by mallee - 13 Jan 2009 - 07:23 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | | So there are at least ten brave persons in the world's fourth largest military. At least ten true heroes who will endure personal abuse and incarceration rather than join in the mass-murder of children and women in Gaza. At least ten... wel l, that's a start... |
| Comment by francois - 13 Jan 2009 - 08:11 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | The moron-circus that calls itself "shiek Yassin"...truly a spelling dunce... re ally is a laughing stock is it not? You are right of course, better to ignore th e bean-brained Israelie toadie.
Oveer the years thousands have refused to serve the IDF and suffered for it.
It is admirable, whatever the reasons, that these 10 refuse to serve and will ta ke the punishment but let's hope they are not numbered among the war criminals w hen the IDF istried on the stage of world opinion and hopefully the Internationa l court of justice for its abominations.
I read of their tanks running over Palestinian bodies, n egypt in 1967 the IDF m ade captured egyptian sodiers lie down and then ran the tanks over them. Brave l ot aren't they. Others in their massacre of a thousand egyptians they made dig t heir own grave then shot each as he or she handed out the shovel.
This is the mob that has fooled the world for 63 years over the holocaust which it used for its own purposes during its Nazi Collaboration. Zion, presently Isra el didn't give a toss about the fate of the old order jews howeve rtheysaw them as a wonderful cash cow later....and we are still paying.
To see reality you must disconnect Zionism from Jewry...zionists are not only je ws and most jews are not zionists..though many sit on the fence. Israel is the greatest political con in history after Washington, ...protected by the regimes of Washington which are elected through the assistance of criminal groups, as Cl inton and Kennedy, Nixon,Reagan, the monster of el Salvador, Bush 1 and 2 and a raft of other sayanas nitwits and donkeys the Americans think they choose as President.
Washington, the masonic meccano set is a quisling to the new world order of zion and right now the lower houses are also exhibiting their own brand of perversio n and of bigotry against Arab people in giving cock and bull stories about Israe l's "self defence"..Israel wrote the script and we hear the same waffle from Aus tralia, Britain, Europe, Israel of course...wherever there is masonic lodge to carry the message to their politicians the lies abound.
Thus these resisters are even braver than it seems at first glance. Hopefully yo u can find their contact points so we can appreciate them with some support, not putting in the boot as I do here but in simply saying "thank yu for your dignit y, courage and humanity. Voila. |
| Comment by sheikh yassin - 13 Jan 2009 - 08:28 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | lâ ilâha illâ allâh
Facois good to hear from you again. I see you made a mental leap from the phrase not all muslims are terrorist but all terrorists are muslims. Thank god you can read and like a moneky you can learn to reach for a stick and grab some banana |
| Comment by eyehateu2 - 13 Jan 2009 - 08:49 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | | I concur with both readers comments from,(Francois)and(Malle),10 Isrealis (IDF)s oldiers abstaining from the Gazan Holocaust!!IT is a start!!! |
| Comment by sheikh yassin - 13 Jan 2009 - 08:53 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | lâ ilâha illâ allâh
you are so funny, an arab lose a goat it's a holocaust, what we you call losing a dog, camel goat and allah al azim a donkey? |
| Comment by francois - 13 Jan 2009 - 09:38 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | I have written to Regev, Dror and Liebovitz asking for my personal congratulatio ns to be extended to the resistant military. Thousands have defied orders over 3 0 years and more recently the daughter of Mossad's deputy chief has also been ja iled for not complying with her order to military training. her "road to Damascu s" conversion came from being shot-at by Israeli military whilst speaking with a Palestinian as she sat at the side of the road.
We, the people, the ones with sensitivity and intelligence compared with the min dless but cunning killers of Washington and tel Aviv have to maintain the rage l ong after this Israeli slaughterhouse action comes to rest. We cannot say "that' s ok" if we are to bring down the new world order of those who kill torture or d ispossess those who resist it.
As you may know,last year Hamas...completely different from Western reports but exposed by and American reporter...offered to work in with Israel. That was reje cted....Israel doesn't want peace, peace would stop the use of Palestinians as s capegoats, see demands to have their lands returned, open Israel to investigatio n and Washington too,stop the obfuscation and weaken the Israeli methodology of gains by deception.
Even before making more recent investigations someone might even read or re-read Ostrovsky's boooks on Israeli and mossad crimes and ask questions about Israeli espionage and deep infiltration of defence, hospitals systems, foreign affairs systems and elsewhere and the safe house sytstems maintained regularly by zionis t recruited university students. Bodies have to be removed, hospital and mortuary records replaced, airplanes sabotaged, critical businesses like airports, bought, bloodstained appartments scoured, diversions caused, rental cars made available and parked, licences forged or overlooked, money deposited, drop off points chosen and maintained, false passports prepared,and a thousand more things are done thoughout America, Europe, Britain, Australia and South Africa. Russia is quiet at present but biding its time.
We must regain control of our government's focus to bring about a better world a nd it's only 40 years since we had a better one tha we have now. To regain contr ol we have to set rules for politicians, conduct reviews and demand real, puniti ve,accountability.
In the meantime we can flood israel with calls of protest, faxes and emails...be gin the blockade.
Now Liebovitz is said to have the same email as Dror
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
Monday, 12 January 2009 16:17
Written by Free Gaza Movement
Take Action! CALL the Israeli Government and let them know that the mercy ship S PIRIT OF HUMANITY is coming to Gaza. DEMAND that Israel immediately STOP slaught ering civilians in Gaza and STOP using violence to prevent human rights and huma nitarian assistance to the Palestinian people.
CALL
Mark Regev in the Prime Minister's office:
+972 2670 5354 or +972 5 0620 3264
mark.regev@it.pmo.gov.il This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. Y ou need JavaScript enabled to view it
Shlomo Dror in the Ministry of Defence:
+972 3697 5339 or +972 50629 8148
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Major Liebovitz from the Israeli Navy:
+ 972 5 781 86248
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I have the prime minister's as well but I think these are the most effective to flood...voila
voila |
| Comment by smith - 15 Jan 2009 - 04:42 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | Those Ten men are men's of Conscience.
God bless their BRAVE HEART. THOSE are the type of men the Noble Peace Medal sho uld go to.
Indeed they are a sign for Mankind. |
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