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To Obey Orders or Obey God
By Laura King Times Staff Writer Mon Aug 8, 7:55 AM ET
KISSUFIM CROSSING,
Israel — The young Israeli soldier blinked, but did not flinch, when the bearded settler standing nose-to-nose with him spat out a single sentence: "The Nazis were just obeying orders too."
[but the Nazis also claimed to be obeying God. the Nazis believed they were of a superior race, just like these settlers believe.]
Moments later, a young woman, her long skirt grazing the ground, approached the same soldier, speaking in gentle tones. "You are my brother," she told him. "How can you even think of tearing us away from our homes? Don't help do this…. Refuse orders. Refuse."
[the young woman begs for empathy, but how much empathy did she have for the Palestinians whose home this was before she and her kin stole it? does she think it was less painful for the Palestinians to be torn from their homes?]
...
By far the most notorious case entangled with refusal of orders has been that of 19-year-old Eden Natan-Zada. After deserting the army because of his opposition to the Gaza withdrawal, he gunned down four Israeli Arab civilians on a bus last week and was then beaten to death by a mob.
Much more typical is Avi Bieber, a fresh-faced 19-year-old corporal who was sentenced last month to 56 days in jail for disobedience.
Bieber made headlines in June when, in the midst of an army operation to clear abandoned buildings in a Gaza settlement that protesters had taken over, he suddenly contorted his face and shouted the slogan of the anti-withdrawal forces: "A Jew does not expel a Jew!"
[there you have it. ``a Jew does not expel a Jew''. apparently it's perfectly acceptable for a Jew to expel non-Jews. after all, these Jews had no qualms about forcibly evicting thousands of Palestinians in the first place, in order to create the precious homes that they now cling to with such theatrical poignancy. but do they really believe the Palestinians had any less love for their own homes?]
Before a gaggle of TV cameras, he cursed his commander and urged others in his unit to join him in refusing orders. None did, though several were visibly shaken when he was led off to jail.
Bieber's parents, immigrants from New Jersey who live in a
West Bank settlement, declared their pride in his actions. He swiftly became a heartthrob of teenage settler girls who have spent the long, hot summer protesting the withdrawal. Right-wing websites proclaimed him a hero, and a settlement in Gaza named a street after him.
...
To Obey Orders or Obey God
By Laura King Times Staff Writer Mon Aug 8, 7:55 AM ET
KISSUFIM CROSSING,
Israel — The young Israeli soldier blinked, but did not flinch, when the bearded settler standing nose-to-nose with him spat out a single sentence: "The Nazis were just obeying orders too."
[but the Nazis also claimed to be obeying God. the Nazis believed they were of a superior race, just like these settlers believe.]
Moments later, a young woman, her long skirt grazing the ground, approached the same soldier, speaking in gentle tones. "You are my brother," she told him. "How can you even think of tearing us away from our homes? Don't help do this…. Refuse orders. Refuse."
[the young woman begs for empathy, but how much empathy did she have for the Palestinians whose home this was before she and her kin stole it? does she think it was less painful for the Palestinians to be torn from their homes?]
...
By far the most notorious case entangled with refusal of orders has been that of 19-year-old Eden Natan-Zada. After deserting the army because of his opposition to the Gaza withdrawal, he gunned down four Israeli Arab civilians on a bus last week and was then beaten to death by a mob.
Much more typical is Avi Bieber, a fresh-faced 19-year-old corporal who was sentenced last month to 56 days in jail for disobedience.
Bieber made headlines in June when, in the midst of an army operation to clear abandoned buildings in a Gaza settlement that protesters had taken over, he suddenly contorted his face and shouted the slogan of the anti-withdrawal forces: "A Jew does not expel a Jew!"
[there you have it. ``a Jew does not expel a Jew''. apparently it's perfectly acceptable for a Jew to expel non-Jews. after all, these Jews had no qualms about forcibly evicting thousands of Palestinians in the first place, in order to create the precious homes that they now cling to with such theatrical poignancy. but do they really believe the Palestinians had any less love for their own homes?]
Before a gaggle of TV cameras, he cursed his commander and urged others in his unit to join him in refusing orders. None did, though several were visibly shaken when he was led off to jail.
Bieber's parents, immigrants from New Jersey who live in a
West Bank settlement, declared their pride in his actions. He swiftly became a heartthrob of teenage settler girls who have spent the long, hot summer protesting the withdrawal. Right-wing websites proclaimed him a hero, and a settlement in Gaza named a street after him.
...
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