[GushShalom] The 5 released but... & Leibowitz remembered

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The 5  released but... &  Leibowitz remembered
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The release from prison of Chaggai, Matan, Adam, Noam and Shimri may be 
only very temporary - as is explained below by Reuven Kaminer, 
grandfather of Matan.

Coincidence or not: Haaretz came on the same day with a special 
supplement about Yesaya Leibowitz - who consistently has been calling for 
refusal to serve in the territories.

 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/478399.html
 òáøéú / Hebrew 
 http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=477360

The supplement opens with what Uri Avnery has to say on the prophet of 
our time:
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/478395.html
 òáøéú / Hebrew 
 http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtWin.jhtml?itemNo=477378


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Date sent:      	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:13:05 +0200
From:           	Reuven Kaminer <rkaminer at netvision.net.il>
Subject:        	Army Refuses to Reveal Intentions Regarding Five 
Draft Resisters Released Yesterday

September 16, 2004
Dear friends,

Haggai Matar, Matan Kaminer, Noam Bahat, Adam Maor and Shimri Zameret 
were released yesterday morning after almost two years in prison. They 
are all in good spirits and spending the (Jewish) New Years holiday with 
the their families.

There is, however, still a dark cloud hovering over their release. The 
Israeli army mobilization office has issued each of them a summons to 
show up for an interview this Sunday morning. Whether out of intentional 
cruelty, or as a result of characteristic army inefficiency, the heads of 
the army are keeping the five, their families and the public in the dark 
as to its intentions.

The release was high profile news here in the country, even though there 
are no newspapers over the holiday. News coverage included speculation 
about the intentions of the army regarding the five. The present 
bureaucratic infliction of unnecessary pain and anxiety on the five and 
their families seems to be just another by-product of the campaign by 
certain high ranking army officers. These gentlemen hope to launch an 
inquisitional styled campaign designed to justify keeping the five in 
prison indefinitely or to break their spirit.

The five have already spoken to the public and informed it that under no 
circumstances would any of them consider joining the Israeli Defense 
Forces army of occupation. There are still many good reasons to believe 
that the IDF will decide to release the five. An attempt to remobilize 
the five would meet with wide public disapproval and disgust in many 
circles. It would be seen as an affront to the elementary principles of 
justice, by many who do not support refusal. It would certainly arouse 
intensive local and international sympathy and identification with the 
five and their path.

Meanwhile, supporters of the five are preparing a mass reception for them 
in Tel Aviv, on Thursday, September 23, 2004. We hope to celebrate their 
release from the army and their return to normal life. However, we might 
be holding a rally demanding their immediate release.
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