BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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The first week of February 2006 was one of great hope and
tragedy. The hope is that brave Jewish youth have finally
stood up to the forces of rot wrecking Israel. There are no
words to express the joy of seeing the young people of
Amona courageously fighting for our land. We hope they
learned the lessons for next time: wear helmets, and horses
bolt at the site of spikes.
http://israelreporter.com/2006/02/01/editor-wollins-injured-inhorrific-violent-bloodbath-on-amona-hilltop/
Now the tragedy: The forces ruling Israel are dividing its
people from our army and police. A brief testimony from
Arutz Sheva succinctly summarizes this tragedy:
An IDF officer in an elite reserve unit sent a letter to his
commander, turning in his stripes. The letter states, "I feel,
like my entire population sector, persecuted, humiliated, and
the target of repression in every corner. After Gush Katif,
when I saw the 'army of the people' expelling Jews from their
homes with no compassion and destroying entire
communities with no hesitation, and thereby destroying
families - I had terrible doubts as to whether I could continue
in this army. . . When I put on my uniform, I felt nauseated. . .
Yesterday, on my way home [to Yesha], an officer stopped
me [at the roadblocks preventing protestors from reaching
Amona] and asked me who I am and where I'm going. I
answered, 'I'm just like you, an officer in the same army as
you.' He said, 'So what? Show me your ID card.' At that
moment I felt that he and I are not in the same army, or
maybe he's in the army and I'm not; I felt like a suspected
terrorist who has to show his identity card. . . I always
wanted to volunteer as much as possible - but that's it; no
more. This is not the army of the people, but rather a political
army that is motivated only by self-fulfillment and
advancement, no ideology. . . I hereby return my ranks to the
IDF; I have no desire for them, they only make me ashamed.
I no longer want to be in this army." He later explained that