Third, you corrupt the army. If all moral people leave the army, it will remain in the hands of the immoral ones. The checkpoints will be manned exclusively by Arab-haters, operations will be executed by sadists. But if the decent people remain in the army, they can influence its spirit, preventing by their very presence injustices and atrocities, or, at least, bringing them to light.

I have always supported an individual's right to refuse. But I myself was not ready to call upon young people to follow this line. My position was that persons must decide for themselves where they will best serve the fight against the occupation--inside or outside the army.

First of all, many soldiers have convinced me that it is almost impossible to withstand the pressure inside the army. The brainwashing is intense and unrelenting; those in the higher ranks are more and more like robots with blunted senses, the products of the occupation; not to mention the members of the religious academies conn

You should check out;
Pity the Nation by Robert Fisk.
He interviews Israeli's, Lebanese and Palestinians. It makes for some sad and disturbing reading.

I can tell you without doubt. To change the Military from within is imposable. To even change the government from within is also, especially at this point, Futile.

The only way change can happen, is through truth to the masses. Military and Government has always been about cover up. Or complete manipulation.

One of these Israeli Conscientious Objectors, who served 12/14 months in Prison No.4, was in my home yesterday selling paintings. He gave me the sources.

He never heard of the USS Liberty 'incident', genuinely and I believe him???