Israeli Military REFUSAL??????? BIG NEWS!!!!!

[ShaneGR]

http://msnbc.com/news/971397.asp?0cv=CB10

JERUSALEM, Sept. 24 — Twenty-seven Israeli pilots sent a letter to the Israeli air force commander refusing to carry out duties, which include track-and-kill operations, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, an Israeli air force officer said Wednesday.

WOH, this is HUGE!!!! GIGANTIC! MASSIVE! It will have ENORMOUS implications in the political landscape of Israel.

[Darranar]

1. Ah... what?

Are you being sarcastic?

And this doesn't belong in GD. It belongs in I/p, but there's already a thread about it.

[ShaneGR]

3. Huh?

What? It definitely belongs in GD.

[Darranar]

9. No it doesn't...

it belongs in I/P, as the moderator showed by moving it.

[Padraig18]

2. Yep!

There are HUGE numbers of soldiers and airmen in the Israeli army and air force who are fed up with the Sharon governmen's use of them as a 'hammer' with which to punish the Palestinians.

[Karenina]

6. I wanna SCREAM.

AAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!! THIS has been going on for FUCKING YEARS under everyone's radar screen. Yeah, consign it to the dungeon, as the first poster suggested. That way no one can draw the parallels between what's been happening with PROGRESSIVE Israelis and Americans who know NOTHING of them or their numbers. :argh: :argh: :argh:

[frank frankly]

4. a truly huge development

thanks for picking this up

[Flying_Pig]

5. This is wonderful news. Cheersto those Israeli patriots who...

speak out against the fascist Likud regime, and their campaign of hate, death, and apartheid.


:thumbsup:
!!!

[AP]

7. They're called "refuseniks" I believe,

and there are lots of them. They just don't get much attention from the media.

[wryter2000]

8. Check this out

www.seruv.org

[Karenina]

10. Na Ja...

And here it is in the dungeon. :cry:

G_d forbid anyone discover HOW MANY progressive Israelis are out there who have been silenced by the Likud propaganda or how many Palestinians and Israelis have risked their lives to join together to find a path for peace. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Lithos]

11. Locking

Two reasons:

1) Dupe, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=15844
2) Subject does not match title of the article.

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