-Caveat Lector- > > http://www.irna.com/en/tnews/020130191338.etn06.shtml > > > > Israeli officers, soldiers go on mutiny: press reports > > > > Madrid, Jan 29, IRNA -- Fifty Israeli soldiers staged a mutiny > > disobeying the order to shoot-to-kill the Palestinian civilians, > > Madrid-based daily, ABC said on Tuesday. > > > > ABC daily said that they distributed leaflets calling on their > > colleagues to stop massacring the Palestinians. > > > > The independent daily in Madrid quoted a statement from 50 Israeli > > soldiers who initiated the campaign as saying, "We are conscripts > > and reserve soldiers of the Israeli army. We have been trained to > > dedicate our lives to defend the Israeli people and government. We > > have been on the vanguard of service to the Israeli people. But, we > > have understood that the humanitarian values are being victimized for > > occupation of the Palestinian territories. > > > > "Corruption is prevailing over the Israeli community. We know that > > the territories do not belong to Israel. We have witnessed how the > > price of occupation is being paid by blood and fire." the statement > > further said. > > > > "We know that Jewish settlements are doomed to destruction. We > > hereby declare that we will no longer fight to provide security for > > residents of the Jewish settlements. We will no longer cross the Green > > Line (the line between the Palestinians and the Jewish settlements) to > > go on occupation, destruction, lay siege on the Palestinians, massacre > > them and expose them to starvation. We will no longer humiliate a > > nation," independent Madrid daily, ABC quoted them as saying. > > > > "We are Israeli soldiers responsible to defend the Israeli > > government, but, we will no longer take part in occupation of > > Palestinian territories and suppressing the Palestinian nation," the > > mutinous soldiers said in their statement. > > > > ABC said that two army officers, Captain David Zonshein, 28 and > > reserve officer (computer engineer) Yanir Itzkovich along with 48 > > colleagues have staged the mutiny in Israeli army. > > > > They said that they have witnessed the bitter extent to which > > human rights have been violated in the past several years in Lebanon > > and the Palestinian occupied territories. > > > > The daily said that the campaign called "Choose us or the Jewish > > settlements" is underway in the Israeli army and it is expected that > > the activists will collect 500 signatures to support the campaign in > > the weeks to come. > > > > The activists said, "We are not cowards. We have been on mission > > in Lebanon and the occupied territories. We have been trained as brave > > paratroopers. We have sense of responsibility. But, they want us to > > become war criminals, to forget humanitarian values and accept being > > war criminals." > > > > SS/AH > > End
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=17281&PHPSESSID=c0c4d3c65c44b4421a0d398c92f81553 04:30 Jan-29-02, 16 Shevat 5762 Mofaz Decries Letter from Left-Wing Reserve Officers (IsraelNN.com) Army Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz decried the letter that was publicized last week from 50 left-wing reserve duty officers, stating they are willing to go to jail but will not serve in Yesha (Judea, Samaria & Gaza) areas. Mofaz stated that reserve duty is done in accordance to the law and a responsibly to the country, and one does not have the luxury of deciding where one will and will not serv >.... Here's a cryptic statement I found on the IDF site.... > > Chief of the IDF General Staff Relates to the "Officer's Letter" > at the General Staff Forum > > In the IDF General Staff forum headed today by the Chief of the > General Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz, the issue of the "Officers > Letter" was discussed. > > The Chief of Staff views the Officer's Letter very seriously. > In the discussion, the Chief of Staff and IDF Generals expressed > deep disapproval of such an act. > > The IDF acts in a complex reality and timelessly to ensure the safety > of all Israeli civilians. The reserve service in the Israel Defense > Forces is done by law and there is no room for reserve soldiers to > choose which missions they will execute and which they will not. > > Those responsible for writing the letter do not represent the > officers and soldiers in reserve service who understand their mission > well, and spend days and nights for the common cause - The security > of the state of Israel and the safety of her population. > ---- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
