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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:40:57 +0100 (BST)
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>From: Giselle DONNARD 
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>To: 
>Subject: [multitudes-infos] FW: [GushShalomPress] a
resisting pilot & a poem by Hanoch Levin 
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:11:36 +0200 
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>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. 
> > *** 
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