[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [indict-nato] fw: Refusenik trial - Israeli Supreme Court to rule on legality of occupation.

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> Subject: [indict-nato] fw: Refusenik trial - Israeli Supreme Court to rule on 
legality of occupation.
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:12:50 +0100
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> October 22, 2002
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> FIRST HEARING OF REFUSENIK'S PETITION TO THE ISRAELI SUPREME COURT
> Tomorrow, Wednesday, the 23rd of October, at 9:00 A.M, the Israeli Supreme
> Court will conduct its first hearing of the petition submitted by Lieutenant
> (Res.) David Zonsheine and seven other combat officers and NCOs, who were
> sentenced to prison terms following their refusal to serve in the Occupied
> Territories. The hearing will be held before the President of the Supreme
> Court, Aharon Barak, who will be joined by Justices Dorit Beinish and Ayala
> Procatcha.
> 
> Copy of full petition:
> http://www.seruv.org.il/Bagatz/BagatzAppealEng_2.pdf
> 
> 
> A landmark petition:
> For the first time the Supreme Court is called upon to rule on the legality
> of the occupation.
> This will be the first time in twenty years where the state's position on
> conscientious objection will be challenged.
> Lieutenant David Zonsheine, recently sentenced to 35 days in jail for
> refusing to serve in the Beit El region, and released after two weeks by
> order of the Supreme Court: "After 150 combat soldiers and officers, nearly
> a battalion, have been jailed for refusing to serve in the Occupied
> Territories, it is high time the Supreme Court reviewed the legality of the
> occupation".
> 
> An extract from the petition: "The Israeli occupation has over the past two
> years become a mechanism of collective punishment of the civilian
> population. The State of Israel abrogates its duties - as demanded by
> international and Israeli law - to take care of the Palestinian population
> living under occupation. The IDF's activities, notwithstanding the important
> goal of fighting terror, have a devastating impact on hundreds of thousands
> of innocent civilians. For this reason, the occupation is illegal, and as
> such it is no longer possible to distinguish between legal and illegal
> order."
> 
> For further information, please contact:
> Ariel Shatil, 972-53-671594 or webmaster at seruv.org.il
> Adv. Michael Sfard, 972-54-713930 or Michael at jurists.co.il
> 
> 22/10/02
> 
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