Some Israeli soldiers refuse to keep fighting in Gaza

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1. Earlier today I had someone in this sub call me a coward because of my opposition to war. I don’t believe it takes courage to do what you are told. It takes courage to refuse to participate in state-sanctioned murder, especially when your freedom or even your life is at risk. There are a lot of good people in Israel. I hope they can inspire others to be courageous and do the right thing.

2. It’s good to see there’s humanity left in the IDF. Unfortunately their actions over the past year didn’t inspire much hope. And in front of an international tribunal like Nuremberg the excuse “the high command ordered to do it” wouldn’t hold any water. It’s what we decided was the right thing after WW2.

3. This is a very notable development and should not be ignored or dismissed. There are tens of thousands of Israelis who have fought for the IDF in Gaza. A full 200 developing consciences and deciding to stop killing innocents is far in excess of what I or anyone else reasonable would have expected. By a factor of like, 8 or 10, at least. Wow!

4. From the story of one of the soldiers that he cannot forget:

   >On the day the Palestinian teenager was killed last August, he said, Israeli troops shouted at him to stop and fired warning shots at his feet, but he kept moving. He said others were also killed walking into the buffer zone — the Netzarim Corridor, a road dividing northern and southern Gaza.
   Vilk acknowledged it was hard to determine whether people were armed, but said he believes soldiers acted too quickly.

   What do people in this Sub think should happen in an active warzone when a possible combatant continues to approach your position after being told to stop and after having warning shots fired near them?

5. >Seven soldiers who’ve refused to continue fighting in Gaza spoke with AP

   This whole article for seven soldiers and people are here like there’s a change in the winds

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