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15/11/2004
 

Yasser Arafat's death is not only an end of an era. It is also the end of Israel's greatest excuse for evading from putting an end to the occupation.
 
The late Palestinian leader's responsibility for the destruction of the peace process and for the enflaming of the bloody violence in the region, enabled the Israeli public and its leaders to shirk Israel's own responsibility for this very deterioration.
 
But with this excuse gone, the parties' true colors will be shown: the Palestinians will have to prove that their willing to quit terrorism. Israel will have to prove that it is really willing to put an end to the occupation. 

This is the moment in which the Israeli Left should say to its government: we will not give a hand to the continuation of the occupation. Soldiers in a democratic state mustn't stain their conscience and sacrifice their lives in order to execute a policy that not only is endangering in vain lives of innocent civilians, but also is dooming their state to lose its basis as a Jewish and a Democratic country.


News
PM's Senior Advisor Confirms: The Refusal Generated the Disengagement Plan
Weisglass, who also pointed out the broad support in Israel for the Geneva as one of the reasons for Sharon's plan, told Haaretz about the process that led Sharon to decide on withdrawal from Gaza

Articles
It's not refusal. It's obedience - by B. Michael
Those who object to the Occupation have wrestled with their own individual consciences, and have freely and willingly decided not to carry out orders that they believe illegitimate, bearing sole responsibility for possible subsequent punishment that may be imposed upon them by law.

Press
In the service of refusal - Amir Ben-David
Now that he and the group he leads are candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, David Zonsheine is looking toward the next stage of the struggle. His charisma gave the refusal of soldiers to serve in the territories a measure of legitimacy in Israeli society. The same just cause, he believes, will ultimately lead the country to come to its senses.
 
To the complete Signers' List
Name:
 Omri Hadar
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Residence:
 Tel Aviv
To an article by Omri Hadar

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We believe that only a clear voice coming from the ranks of the IDF will give our leaders the public backing they need to return to the negotiations table. Our selective refusal will leave Israel's decision makers with no choice but to put an end the Occupation and to propose a diplomatic solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. In the months and years to come, CTR aims to lead the Israeli peace camp to end the occupation.
 
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