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IDF troops unwilling to evacuate Hebron market sentenced to jail
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday sentenced twelve soldiers to varying terms in military prison for refusing to take part in the removal of two Jewish families from a wholesale market in Hebron.

IDF GOC Central Command, Major General Gadi Shamni, ordered disciplinary measures against two commanders and ten of their subordinates, and said they would be removed from combat. After the twelve stood trial, the commanders were sentenced to 28 days in military prison, and their 10 underlings were given 14-day terms.

The soldiers refused to take part in guard duty along the Hebron-Jerusalem highway in the West Bank. The young men felt that the mission would negate their ideology as it would indirectly assist the evacuation of the families from Hebron by filling in for Border Police troops who would be diverted to carrying out the evacuation.
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Overall, between 20 and 30 Israel Defense Forces infantry troops have refused to participate in Tuesday's planned evacuation of settlers from the Hebron wholesale market.

The soldiers, who are mostly religious troops conscripted in accordance with the Hesder program, informed their commanders that they would not agree to take over the Border Police positions.

The soldiers announced their decision after consulting with their rabbis, who instructed them not play any role in the evacuation, including an indirect one.

The soldiers are currently undergoing advanced training, and are employing various methods to avoid replacing the Border Police troops. Some have informed their commanders that they will refuse direct orders, while others have simply managed to receive sick leave. In general, the commanders have been sympathetic to the soldiers, and promised to try to find a way to alter the mission.

Hours later, several dozen ultra-Orthodox soldiers of the Nahal Haredi battalion announced they too would refuse to participate in the evacuation. That announcement appears to be largely symbolic, however, as it is unclear whether they would have actually received orders to participate.

The soldiers' commanders made it clear to the reluctant troops that refusal would result in severe disciplinary measures. When the bus arrived to take the soldiers to the Hebron-Jerusalem highway posts, only 12 men persisted in their refusal to get on the bus.

The IDF spokesman's office said that they "will act decisively against any signs of soldiers` insubordination. IDF soldiers are not allowed to choose their mission, hard as they may be. Any soldier who refuses to follow orders will be dealt with severely."

Some of the soldier's parents visited their children's bases in order to show their support. The parents stood outside the entrance of the base, waving signs that said "son, don't exile." One of the parents, who is a psychologist, said that his son is in great distress because he is not willing to take part in the removal of the Jewish families. "He enlisted in the army to fight the enemy - Jews are not the enemy," the father said.

The head of Peace Now, Yariv Oppenheimer, said "the army must show zero tolerance to those who refuse to serve in Hebron and not take this matter lightly."

The right-wing group "Women in Green" said that they "support the soldiers who refuse to expel Jews from Hebron."

National Union MK Aryeh Eldad said he praises the soldiers who refused "to be the executors of an immoral decision tainted with political motives, whose purpose is to exile Jews from their Jewish property."

A few weeks ago, the Yesha Rabbinical Council published a Halachic (Jewish law) ruling that prohibits soldiers from taking part in the evacuation of Jews or in actions that prevent Jews from returning to evacuated sites. The ruling was made public prior to the protest march to the evacuated settlement of Homesh in the West Bank.


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  2.   Go Directly to Jail 11:07  |  Jack 06/08/07
  3.   striking troops 11:12  |  frank 06/08/07
  4.   MUTINY on the bounty 11:17  |  VIPER 06/08/07
  5.   Army discipline 11:22  |  bill 06/08/07
  6.   Mutiny? Shoot Them 11:31  |  Dyinglikeflies 06/08/07
  7.   the right to refuse 11:39  |  Daniel Ben-Tal 06/08/07
  8.   Heroes 11:43  |  David 06/08/07
  9.   Who will evacuate Judea and Samaria? 11:48  |  Curious 06/08/07
  10.   Now it`s the uprising of the rabbi`s ! 11:51  |  Esther 06/08/07
  11.   Good for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11:53  |  Denny 06/08/07
  12.   God bless them 11:59  |  Al Joo El Yehudawi 06/08/07
  13.   Refusing to Serve = Revoking Citizenship 12:02  |  SA 06/08/07
  14.   who is in charge? 12:05  |  A.M. 06/08/07
  15.   YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) 12:09  |  Jew 06/08/07
  16.   Not a good look, guys. 12:10  |  Johnboy 06/08/07
  17.   Good 12:10  |  Eli 06/08/07
  18.   Refusal is insiduous, results can be fatal. 12:13  |  Esther 06/08/07
  19.   PROUD DAY FOR SOLDIERS 12:16  |  Sarah 06/08/07
  20.   Nobody`s Son Should Die To Protect These Nuts 12:34  |  Dyinglikeflies 06/08/07
  21.   ISRAEL FACILITATES 6000 ASSULT RIFLES AND 1 MILLION BULLETS TO .. 12:37  |  Ron 06/08/07
  22.   Typical Hypocrisy of the Left 12:44  |  Ben Israel 06/08/07
  23.   a different kind of refusnik 12:46  |  Leah 06/08/07
  24.   Jail 12:47  |  paul 06/08/07
  25.   Great news. The first cracks in this Camorra enterprise called 12:49  |  Andreas 06/08/07
  26.   A solider should not carry out any illeagal orders 12:52  |  Nathan 06/08/07
  27.   Hebron is in arab hands already 12:57  |  roberta 06/08/07
  28.   THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR ISRAEL !!! 12:59  |  Michael 06/08/07
  29.   Where the Demos rules, hence "democracy" 13:17  |  JW 06/08/07
  30.   IDF troops refusing to participate in planned evacuation of Hebro 13:19  |  Gerald Zang 06/08/07
  31.   #21 Ron, Oklahoma 13:25  |  Gerald Zang 06/08/07
  32.   Immoral for army to turn on its own people 13:26  |  Mother of 4 soldiers 06/08/07
  33.   Soldiers duty 13:28  |  steve a 06/08/07
  34.   Rock and a hard place.... 13:29  |  Simon Jenkins 06/08/07
  35.   send Olmert`s sons instead 13:40  |  Moshe 06/08/07
  36.   Zionism was supposed to be about leaving the ghetto 13:43  |  Rowan Berkeley 06/08/07
  37.   KOL HAKAVOD! BRAVO! 13:43  |  Sam 06/08/07
  38.   Daniel Ben-Tal 13:43  |  Ernst 06/08/07
  39.   Jack #2 13:44  |  Nik Miller 06/08/07
  40.   secular draft dodgers 13:45  |  rachel 06/08/07
  41.   Johnboy, you`re wrong 13:55  |  Ernst 06/08/07
  42.   The Struggle of The Israeli-Jewish Identity 14:03  |  Raoul Isaac 06/08/07
  43.   Aid To The Civil Power 14:06  |  SM 06/08/07
  44.   Nazi soldiers 14:08  |  dave 06/08/07
  45.   #21 Ron 14:09  |  Ernst 06/08/07
  46.   Israel`s strength is Israel`s weakness 14:13  |  A Lebanese 06/08/07
  47.   Put them in the stockades 14:13  |  David Teich 06/08/07
  48.   And So It Begins 14:21  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/08/07
  49.   #21 Ron (part 2) 14:21  |  Ernst 06/08/07
  50.   Raoul Isaac 14:26  |  Rowan Berkeley 06/08/07
  51.   Another indication Israel is falling apart 14:27  |  newageblues 06/08/07
  52.   the right to refuse... 14:28  |  ana 06/08/07
  53.   no. 9--Curious 14:31  |  steve 06/08/07
  54.   Rabbinical Generals... geez! 14:31  |  avi 06/08/07
  55.   To Raoul Isaac: agree, but can you win this way? 14:38  |  A Lebanese 06/08/07
  56.   Why bother at all? 14:42  |  Simone 06/08/07
  57.   13`s first sentence 14:44  |  Baruch Nili 06/08/07
  58.   Right of R`s 14:45  |  Solomon 06/08/07
  59.   remember the LEFTIST refusal? 14:47  |  judith 06/08/07
  60.   Will The Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Refuse To Fight On Shabat Also? 14:56  |  Bill Foonman 06/08/07
  61.   Halachic - The Same Religious BS As Fatwas 15:00  |  Bill Foonman 06/08/07
  62.   # 41, ERNST 15:03  |  indrajaya 06/08/07
  63.   Right wing religious garbage 15:05  |  Mitch Cohen 06/08/07
  64.   When Feiglin becomes PM, these brave soldiers will be promoted 15:06  |  Manhigut Yehudit 06/08/07
  65.   In reply to # 38 Ernst 15:09  |  Daniel Ben-Tal 06/08/07
  66.   settlers are isrealis version of Hamas 15:15  |  leave them 06/08/07
  67.   Traitors................ 15:23  |  Rami 06/08/07
  68.   #7 Daniel Ben Tal 15:34  |  * BEN JABO 06/08/07
  69.   #11 Al Joo El Yehudawi 15:35  |  Boycott 06/08/07
  70.   #21 Ron Oklahoma 15:40  |  * BEN JABO 06/08/07
  71.   #25 Andreas - Basel 15:43  |  * BEN JABO 06/08/07
  72.   A turning point? 15:43  |  Boycott 06/08/07
  73.   Brilliant suggestion Jack #2... 15:46  |  bat yam 06/08/07
  74.   Equality before the Law 15:47  |  Mike 06/08/07
  75.   # 38 Ernst 15:48  |  Daniel Ben-Tal 06/08/07
  76.   Whose Land Is It Anyway? 16:00  |  Keith 06/08/07
  77.   Nathan of Haifa 16:10  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/08/07
  78.   HaShem is our only Commander in Chief 16:10  |  Nili 06/08/07
  79.   The soldiers must obey , BUT .......... 16:15  |  Ray 06/08/07
  80.   Army is for defending the people 16:16  |  Ralph 06/08/07
  81.   Where were all of you lefties in Lebanon? 16:18  |  Ronn 06/08/07
  82.   Heros !!!!!!! 16:21  |  Sunny Barkats 06/08/07
  83.   VIPER 16:22  |  s 06/08/07
  84.   Eliminate Yeshivat Hesder Program 16:23  |  Double Click 06/08/07
  85.   learning from Peace Now 16:26  |  peter 06/08/07
  86.   Jewish Jihad 16:31  |  Major R 06/08/07
  87.   God bless these brave soldiers!! 16:35  |  Kenny 06/08/07
  88.   I.D.F. = Israel DEFENSE Forces 16:40  |  Zev 06/08/07
  89.   These soldiers deserve jail 16:43  |  Martin 06/08/07
  90.   THE NAZIS ALSO SAID "WE WERE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS!" 16:50  |  BILL HANDEL 06/08/07
  91.   My son will not guard settlers! 16:51  |  Armin 06/08/07
  92.   Religous soldiers refuse !! (thank G-D ) 16:52  |  David 06/08/07
  93.   Soldiers face trial 16:54  |  Elon Ulf Cohn 06/08/07
  94.   It would appear that Fayad is not the only 17:03  |  Mark Lincoln 06/08/07
  95.   The real heroes have arrived 17:04  |  pace306 06/08/07
  96.   Nuremburg Trials 17:08  |  George 06/08/07
  97.   IDF = Israel Deportation Force? 17:09  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  98.   May ALL the IDF Follow their Shining Example of LOYALTY to Israel 17:15  |  Linda Rivera 06/08/07
  99.   Peace Now leads to collapse of the economy 17:24  |  Brandon Piser 06/08/07
  100.   A soldier must NOT follow an illegal order, Gerald Z. 17:29  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  101.   Exactly, Simon Jenkins 17:35  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  102.   #33 steve a 17:46  |  * BEN JABO 06/08/07
  103.   OLMERT shuld PUTT ON TRIAL for REFUSING to STEP DOWN after Winogr 17:49  |  ILSupporter 06/08/07
  104.   MUTINY 17:52  |  PS 06/08/07
  105.   44 Armin. "You can`t have it both ways!" 17:57  |  bat yam 06/08/07
  106.   Accolades are due those who will not have to say - 18:00  |  common sense 06/08/07
  107.   This is the true Israel 18:00  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  108.   IDF 18:04  |  Blue Velvet 06/08/07
  109.   Shamni 18:07  |  Baruch Nili 06/08/07
  110.   #48 Polybios 18:11  |  Boycott 06/08/07
  111.   Unnecessay result of an unwise an corrupt leadership which... 18:12  |  another physicist 06/08/07
  112.   #18, Esther...your post makes a good point... 18:22  |  Silvienne 06/08/07
  113.   I oppose forced evacuation 18:25  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  114.   #44, Armin 18:26  |  Silvienne 06/08/07
  115.   #46, Elon Ulf Cohn 18:28  |  Silvienne 06/08/07
  116.   Ernst - blinded by Zionist faith 18:29  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  117.   Omert will cease to exist, by hand of God! 18:30  |  Mikhail 06/08/07
  118.   PROUD TO BE A JEW 18:31  |  URI 06/08/07
  119.   GOOD DAY TO BE A JEW 18:33  |  Shaul 06/08/07
  120.   #41, Ernst 18:33  |  Silvienne 06/08/07
  121.   #34 - But Arabs in Haifa dont attack the locals, Simon. 18:38  |  Don Camillo 06/08/07
  122.   So You Sow, So Shall You Reap 18:44  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/08/07
  123.   Hebron Mutiny 18:44  |  Lloyd Green 06/08/07
  124.   #56 I AGREE! if they can choose, why not the rest?! 19:02  |  avi 06/08/07
  125.   let`s organize soldiers faction NOT to protect settlers then 19:06  |  avi 06/08/07
  126.   #79 - BULLSEYE!!! 19:10  |  avi 06/08/07
  127.   EXPELL YARIV OPPENHEIM, LEFTIST DHYMMIE PIG!!! 19:10  |  Kadur Kahanisti 06/08/07
  128.   not #79. supposed to be #87 Don Camillo 19:19  |  avi 06/08/07
  129.   Clarifying the role of the IDF soldier 19:23  |  J 06/08/07
  130.   Obersturmfuherer "Yariv Oppenheimer" commands- 19:29  |  onlyfollowingorders 06/08/07
  131.   #68 19:31  |  j10 06/08/07
  132.   Believers vs Idolaters 19:32  |  Moshe 06/08/07
  133.   #76 Polybios "Arabs live in all major Israeli cities..." 19:35  |  hala 06/08/07
  134.   Stop everyone! The division into 2 camps is being caused by... 19:39  |  bat yam 06/08/07
  135.   So what, Boycott? 19:48  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  136.   `# 96 Well said Yakov Sullivan couldn`t have put it better myself 19:49  |  Don Camillo 06/08/07
  137.   IDF to try troops refusing to evacuate 19:49  |  Steve Gure 06/08/07
  138.   # 98 Bravely spoken, Avi! 19:53  |  Don Camillo 06/08/07
  139.   PS #79 19:53  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  140.   If you don`t succeed at first - try, try again. 19:59  |  ehud olmert 06/08/07
  141.   Moshe, on the Torah, idolatry and capital punishment #101 20:01  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/08/07
  142.   Following in the footsteps of the leftists 20:02  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  143.   Stupid Orders Undermine IDF, Moral and Israel Itself 20:07  |  Efox 06/08/07
  144.   Reasons for refusing orders 20:09  |  David 06/08/07
  145.   Here comes the Junta 20:12  |  Efox 06/08/07
  146.   Linthwaite- oh really? 20:14  |  peter 06/08/07
  147.   re: Gerald Zang 20:17  |  Efox 06/08/07
  148.   re: Yonatan 20:18  |  Efox 06/08/07
  149.   re: avi 20:21  |  Efox 06/08/07
  150.   18 Esther the ignorant and her ilk... 20:24  |  bat yam 06/08/07
  151.   re: Don Camillo 20:24  |  Efox 06/08/07
  152.   And the IDF wonders why young Jews avoid military service. 20:27  |  common sense 06/08/07
  153.   #113 Efox - hasn`t there been a military coup already? 20:29  |  Don Camillo 06/08/07
  154.   Peace Now sniffles 20:38  |  peter 06/08/07
  155.   Haredi soldiers can`t be trusted 20:42  |  Ronen 06/08/07
  156.   Don Camillo and SUPER SETTLER 20:53  |  peter 06/08/07
  157.   If religious.. 21:01  |  Realistic Arab 06/08/07
  158.   peter of Montreal #74 21:03  |  GABE1 06/08/07
  159.   122 Avi "[the settlers] out there in their stolen territories" 21:05  |  Pssd off Arab 06/08/07
  160.   EFOX 21:09  |  GABE1 06/08/07
  161.   Evacuating Jews 21:18  |  Kevin 06/08/07
  162.   Good for you guys 21:19  |  Eugene 06/08/07
  163.   Simple Peter, quite simple 21:25  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/08/07
  164.   IDF troops unwilling to evacuate 21:27  |  Jonathan 06/08/07
  165.   eretz yisroel shelanu 21:32  |  Asher nikolaiever 06/08/07
  166.   28 days in military prison 21:33  |  Dov 06/08/07
  167.   Esther 21:34  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  168.   Ronen #155 21:35  |  GABE! 06/08/07
  169.   IDF troops unwilling to evacuate 21:39  |  Jonathan 06/08/07
  170.   Esther 18 21:44  |  ChanahS 06/08/07
  171.   #158 Gabe 21:49  |  peter 06/08/07
  172.   To Counterbalance These Divine Rightists 21:54  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/08/07
  173.   First Gush Katif, then Homesh, not Chevron!!! 21:58  |  Leeat 06/08/07
  174.   GO CHAYALIM!!!!!!!! 21:59  |  I LOVE YOU 06/08/07
  175.   #148 Efox - Don`t let yourself get confused 22:14  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  176.   Jonathan 22:15  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  177.   peter of Montreal #171 22:19  |  GABE1 06/08/07
  178.   Poor Sullied Sullivan 22:20  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  179.   #133 hala - untrue generalization 22:22  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  180.   #135 Polybios 22:22  |  Boycott 06/08/07
  181.   Pissed off Arab 22:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  182.   #153 Don Camillo 22:26  |  Boycott 06/08/07
  183.   146 peter the (French) Canadian 22:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/08/07
  184.   #132 Moshe - God`s messenger 22:31  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  185.   #173 You know, Leeat, you just gave me a great idea 22:37  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  186.   #178 Margie on Sullivan 22:40  |  Yonatan 06/08/07
  187.   32 Mother of 4 22:44  |  Mark of lewiston 06/08/07
  188.   Margie suffers the effects of the occupier #178 22:46  |  Yaakov Sullivan 06/08/07
  189.   #60 seems you dont understand Jewish law 22:53  |  pace306 06/08/07
  190.   122 - You give in to terrorists, you deal with the results 23:06  |  pace306 06/08/07
  191.   139 Polybios - Step Back and Think 23:15  |  Mark of Lewiston 06/08/07
  192.   #184, Well said, Yonatan 23:16  |  Silvienne 06/08/07
  193.   Linthwaite `the teacher` 23:18  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/08/07
  194.   THE IDF JOB IS TO PROTECT THE ISREAL NOT EXPOLSON THERE PEOPLE 23:22  |  FROM THE IDF 06/08/07
  195.   #168 GABE! 23:23  |  Ronen 06/08/07
  196.   IDF violate Art.13"Univ.Decl.of Human Rights 23:25  |  Sam 06/08/07
  197.   #183 Linthwaite swings and misses again 23:26  |  peter 06/08/07
  198.   Jack from TA 23:41  |  Joe 06/08/07
  199.   Boycott #180 23:43  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  200.   #185 pace306: Israel does not give in to terrorists 23:45  |  Ronen 06/08/07
  201.   Lesson of Lebanon 23:51  |  Jo Jo 06/08/07
  202.   Temporal vs. secular 23:53  |  Jim 06/08/07
  203.   Why not write "Left wing" when you mention peace now 23:54  |  Max 06/08/07
  204.   hala 23:55  |  Polybios 06/08/07
  205.   Yonatan 00:03  |  Jo Jo 07/08/07
  206.   #175 Yonatan - Kfar Saba 00:18  |  * BEN JABO 07/08/07
  207.   Release Palastinians and Arrest the Jews. 00:20  |  clickfool 07/08/07
  208.   IDF Troops Unwilling to evacuate Hebron 00:32  |  Morris Reich 07/08/07
  209.   KEITH TORONTO #76 01:09  |  EGW 07/08/07
  210.   Ronen #195 01:10  |  GABE1 07/08/07
  211.   195 ronen. At least be honest. You are also occupying our land. 01:14  |  Pssd off Arab 07/08/07
  212.   Fake Indrajaya # 62 01:19  |  Indrajaya 07/08/07
  213.   refusniks 01:27  |  gorge 07/08/07
  214.   #199 Polybios 01:35  |  Boycott 07/08/07
  215.   SOLDIERS MUST FOLLOW ORDERS 01:36  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 07/08/07
  216.   Israel`s failing leadership 01:44  |  Moshe 07/08/07
  217.   PSSD off Arab: That`s helpful 02:05  |  Brad 07/08/07
  218.   Release some more terrorists instead 02:22  |  RA 07/08/07
  219.   Yonatan 03:36  |  Silvienne 07/08/07
  220.   ah, sentenced indeed 05:06  |  Mark Lincoln 07/08/07
  221.   Sent with intent to fail? 05:09  |  Mark Lincoln 07/08/07
  222.   The odor of malfesance 05:14  |  Mark Lincoln 07/08/07
  223.   If the occupation is actually "Illegal" then? 05:20  |  Mark Lincoln 07/08/07
  224.   In June we saw the collapse of the PA. 05:22  |  Mark Lincoln 07/08/07
  225.   Woefully insensitive Sullivan 07:32  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 07/08/07
  226.   #100 A soldier must NOT follow an illegal order, Gerald Z. 13:06  |  Gerald Zang 07/08/07
  227.   #215 JON FEIGENBAUM 17:50  |  * BEN JABO 07/08/07
  228.   #170 No matter what they are called, they were already there 22:30  |  hala 07/08/07
  229.   #204 Polybios and Arabs 22:38  |  hala 07/08/07
  230.   #204 Polybios and broken homes 22:44  |  hala 07/08/07
  231.   orders 15:51  |  colin 06/12/07
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