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Jul. 31st, 2014|01:11 pm |
izlasīšu. tu tikai neģībsti, bet es par šādu Harisu uzzinu pirmoreiz. iesākumā pat padomāju, ka tu mani pie trakā un jaukā kārpentera sūti, pie Džona vērs.
ai, nu trakums tas viss. nav jau runa par diviem obligātajiem antagōnistiem.
pirms kādām dienām boksterēju franču Mediapartē, kuŗu abonēju, šādu sarunu ar 30-gadīgu žīdu puisi, kurš aizlaidies no kara uz Franciju un izskaidro, kāpēc. sorrī, gūgeļtulks, bet principā jau lasāms.
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"Why I refused to go and fight in Gaza"
JULY 24, 2014 | BY PETER PUCHOT
Mediapart published the testimony of a " refusenik ", an Israeli citizen who fled to the Netherlands for not responding to the call from the army and go fight in Gaza.
From our special correspondent in Israel. His name is Gilad, he lives in Tel Aviv and is 32 years old. Reservist soldier in the Army, he fled the Netherlands Tuesday, July 22, five days after refusing the appeal of the Israeli army to join the troops fighting right now in Gaza. It is now part of the phenomenon of the so-called the " refuseniks ", a phenomenon that has grown in recent years. Upon his return to Israel, Gilad faces up to several years in prison. After he agreed to our request for an interview, we sent him our questions by email Wednesday. Here are his answers.
Why deserted?
It was a decision taken very early. I left Israel five days after calling the army. Five days during which I tried to explain to my superiors why I refuse to get involved in a bloody military campaign that could easily be avoided, and whose victims are mostly civilians.In some amazing way, it has not impressed. No army would not tolerate insubordination. I am ready to go to jail, but I hope that being absent during the conflict, awaiting trial when the militarist spirit characterizing wartime will be a little calmer, I will ultimately favorable. Frankly, I do not really know, this could finally be the opposite, and serve me.
When the army came to pick you up, you were already flew to Europe on the eve of the stop flights international companies on Tel Aviv. Tell us your flight abroad.
There is not much to say, it gave me an ultimatum, an hour to reach my barracks and my unit, and I took the last flight before it expires (which is ca I guess I have not been stopped at the border). The army came to my home a few hours later when I was already in Europe.
Where and in what type of unit were you made your military service (which in Israel lasts three years)? Did you have to go to the West Bank and Gaza? If yes, what felt and what analysis do you keep from this experience?
I did my military service in an armored division, positioned in the West Bank during the height of the second intifada. I was young, and my analysis at the time was not as clear as it is today. I was aware that the treatment of Palestinians by Israel was unjust and unjustifiable, but I thought - I thought he was still a few years after the end of my service - it was a temporary "pause" in the peace process . I thought it was in Israel's interest to end this long conflict. And I thought that once the security risks were complete, we could give the Palestinians their independence and their rights. The years that have passed since the end of the intifada, characterized by an almost unprecedented calm in the West Bank from the Palestinians, and the fact that they get nothing in return, have convinced me that the only interest Israel is deepening colonization of the Palestinian territories, increasing oppression of the Palestinian people and brutally suppress any kind of resistance. |
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