Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:40:57 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?eldorra=20mitchell?= <manynotone-AT-yahoo.co.in> Subject: gush shalom >From: Giselle DONNARD >Reply-To: multitudes-infos-AT-samizdat.net >To: >Subject: [multitudes-infos] FW: [GushShalomPress] a resisting pilot & a poem by Hanoch Levin >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:11:36 +0200 > >From: "Gush Shalom" >To: "List" >Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 3:31 PM >Subject: [GushShalomPress] a resisting pilot & a poem by Hanoch Levin > > > GUSH SHALOM - pob 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 - http://www.gush-shalom.org/ > > > > [Gradually one chilling fact after the other is seeping into the >international mainstream > > media. We decided to send you today the unusual news found in the >ultra-nationalist > > Hebrew paper Hatzofeh - about a case of conscientious disobedience inside >the Air Force - > > and a catching poem for the occasion of Independence Day (starting >tonight) by the late > > playwright and poet Chanoch Levin.] > > > > [1] Right-wing press leaks case of conscientious disobedience in the Air >Force > > [2] The Classic Recipe for Independence / Hanoch Levin > > > > > > [1] > > The pilot of an Israeli helicopter gunship reportedly refused an order to > > shoot a missile at a Palestinian home. It happened on the early hours of > > Tuesday, April 9 - when an Israeli army regiment, supported by tanks and > > helicopter gunships, captured the Palestinian town of Dura, near Hebron in >the > > southern West Bank. During several hours of fighting when the army >overcame the > > resistance of local Palestinian militias, the regimental commander ordered >the > > pilot of a helicopter gunship to shoot a missile at a Palestinian home, in > > which five alleged terrorists were hiding, in order to "liquidate them" >(sic). > > The pilot refused, telling the regimental commander there might be >civilians in > > the house. The radio debate continued for a long time, with the helicopter > > hovering over the house. The commander told the pilot that the five >terrorists > > could be exactly pin-pointed in the house and again ordered him to shoot. >The > > pilot again refused, and at a certain point left the vicinity of the house >and > > cycled the town. When he got back to the point above the house, the > > commander told him that the terrorists had disappeared, but ordered him to > > shoot at the house nevertheless. The pilot again refused. After two hours, >he > > finally shot one burst from the helicopter's cannon, but near the house >rather > > than at it. Soldiers nearby on the ground described the shot as >"perfunctory, > > meant to hit nothing". > > The story is published today (Monday, April 15) by Haggai Huberman of the > > extreme-right paper Hatzofeh. Huberman's account is clearly the regiment > > commander's version, accusing the pilot of "helping five terrorists >escape" and > > dismissing the possibility that there had been civilians inside the house >in > > question; the pilot's viewpoint is not given. > > > > [2] > > > > The Classic Recipe for Independence / Hanoch Levin > > > > [With thanks to Ran HaCohen who displayed and > > translated it. Original Hebrew follows.] > > > > The classic recipe for independence: > > Take people and send them to die. > > Then make ceremonies, sew flags, > > Sign a long charter with many words. > > Feel how the back becomes erect, > > Even though the hunchbacks remain crooked. > > > > The classic recipe for independence: > > Take people and send them to die. > > Then open offices, eat watermelons, make love, > > Shed sweat, feel in your mouth a light sense of disappointment. > > Suddenly discover next to you another small nation, wretched and >oppressed. > > Let its buzz bother you like that of a fly. > > > > The classic recipe for independence: > > Take people and send them to die. > > Then crush the nation next to you, oppress it to dust. > > It wants what you wanted - don't give it anything. > > It points a pistol - reply with a canon, it threatens - you murder. > > Let the living shout, let the dead rot away, let the undertaker win. > > > > The classic recipe for independence: > > Take people and send them to die. > > Then shake hands, visit the tomb of the unknown soldier, open an embassy. > > Hold speeches on friendship, eternity, fraternity, commercial and cultural > > ties. > > Sit comfortably in an armchair, open an evening paper, read with wonder: > > Somewhere on earth, somebody is sending people to die. > > *** > > > > > > EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84Ai9.a9DOcd > > Or send an email to: Gush_Shalom.int_t-unsubscribe-AT-topica.com > > > > T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! > > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register > > ==^=============================================================== > > > > > > . > . > >m u l t i t u d e s - i n f o s >................................ > >Liste d'information et de discussion de la revue "Multitudes" > >Pour envoyer un message : multitudes-infos-AT-samizdat.net >Pour s'inscrire et se désinscrire de la liste: >http://listes.samizdat.net/wws/info/multitudes-infos >Pour accéder aux archives,se mettre temporairement >en"no-mail":http://listes.samizdat.net/wws/info/multitudes-infos >Administration de la liste : emmanuel.videcoq-AT-wanadoo.fr >Site Web de la revue multitudes :http://www.samizdat.net/multitudes > ________________________________________________________________________ For live cricket scores download Yahoo! 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