Israeli Elections Come and Go, But Israel Remains an Outlaw State
A Palestinian family reacts after Israeli bulldozers demolished their home in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Feb. 5, 2013. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Two Views: Israel’s Parliamentary Elections
Newly elected Israeli Knesset member Yair Lapid (l), leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to Naftali Bennett, head of the hard-line national religious party the Jewish Home, during a Feb. 5 reception in Jerusalem marking the opening of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/GETTY IMAGES)
Richard H. Curtiss (1927-2013) Devoted His Life to Telling People Stories
Richard Curtiss at work in his Washington Report office. (STAFF PHOTO D. HANLEY)
Israeli License to Cheney-Linked Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney (l) and Likud chairman Benyamin Netanyahu, out of office at the time and serving as the official Israeli opposition leader, at a March 23, 2008 breakfast meeting at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Peace at Last in the Southern Philippines?
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (r) shares candies with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim during a Feb. 11 visit to the rebels’ stronghold in Sultan Kudarat on the island of Mindanao. (KARLOS MANLUPIG/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Two Palestinian, Israeli Documentaries Depict Evils of Military Occupation
Emad Burnat views his five broken cameras in his documentary of the same name. (PHOTO COURTESY KINO LORBER)
March 2004 Postcard
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DEAR SENATOR:
Five young recent Israeli high school graduates, Haggai Matar, Amir Kaminer, Shimri Zameret, Adam Maor and Noam Bahat, have refused to enlist in Israel’s “army of occupation.” After a year or more already spent behind bars, an Israeli military court has sentenced these conscientious objectors to one-year prison sentences.
These brave young men are fighting for a better future, one which does not include an Israeli occupation of another people. They have stood up to say they will not risk their lives to oppress others.
Everyone must have the right to refuse to support injustices, to refuse to kill, to destroy homes, to occupy another people in violation of international law.
These brave Israelis will not “just follow orders.” Their right to refuse to be occupiers must be supported in every country that considers itself democratic.
Please use every opportunity to support the growing numbers of Israelis and Palestinians calling for an end to the occupation and a final peace agreement.
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Israeli soldiers scuffle with unarmed Palestinian women trying to stop a bulldozer (not in picture) from entering onto their land in the West Bank city of Hebron Dec. 18, 2003 (AFP photo/Hossam Abu Alan).
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Israel’s military justice system has remained indifferent to hundreds of incidents of injury and killing of unarmed Palestinian civilians. It should come as no surpise that Israel is now coming down hard on its citizens and soldiers who stand up to say they will not risk their lives to oppress others.
Thirteen refuseniks from Israeli’s elite military commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, have said they no longer will serve in operations in the West Bank and Gaza. In addition, 27 reserve pilots, four former chiefs of Israel’s security service, the Israeli military’s current chief of staff, and a separate list of nearly 600 army reservists have refused to serve in the occupied territories. Support the refuseniks and call for an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian land and a return to the pre-1967 borders.
