Note:

In all these letters, Gush Shalom does not intend to state facts about the actions of these officers. We leave this, as well as the ruling of their innocence or guilt, to the proper institotions. We would very much want to see Israeli courts handling these cases, and many others. This would help to remove the blemish that marks us as Israeli citizens, in the aftermath of this ugly war that Israel is waging on the entire Palestinian people. Decisive Israeli actions against allegations of war crimes, would help us regain some pride of being Israeli.

It would be very unfortunate, if Israeli legal institotions will not rise to meet this important duty, and it would be left to International institotions to do so.

The letter sent to Brigadier-General Israel ziv ,commander of the Gaza Division

The letter sent to Colonel Yair Golan , commander of the "Nahal" Brigade.

The letter sent to Brigadier-General Gershon Yitzhak commander of the Israeli forces in the West Bank. Similar letters to the one sent to Brigadier-General Gershon Yitzhak, were sent to:

• Colonel Aviv Cohavi commander of the Paratroopers brigade, who commanded the invasion of the Balata camp in Nablus.
• Colonel Moshe Tamir , who commanded the forces who invaded the Jenin Refugee camp.

In addition, letters were sent to:

• colonel Imad Fares , commander of the "Givati" brigade
• Lieutenant-Colonel Tal Hermoni , commander of the "Tsabar" Batallion

Both officers commanded the forces who invaded Beit Hanun and Beit Lahiya, in the Gaza band.

forces under the command of the two officers, took hostages who were not accused of any crime,

other than being relatives of "wanted" persons.

In addition to these letters, Gush Shalom considers demanding that the attorney General investigates

whether administrative actions in East Jerusalem and settlements, such as building houses for settlers, paving roads etc, do not constitute war crimes according to the 4th. Geneva convention.