http://www.abc.net.au/news/...palestinians/5741492A group of 40 current and reserve Israeli Defense Force members of Unit 8200 have sent a letter to the Israeli prime minister, the IDF chief of staff and head of military intelligence.
Unit 8200 is often compared to the United States National Security Agency. It uses sophisticated technology to monitor the lives of Palestinians, gathering information which is then used by Israel's military. It also carries out surveillance overseas.
In response to the lengthy Testimonials (available at link above) the Israeli govt said:
"The Intelligence Corps has no record that the specific violations in the letter ever took place."Sound familiar? ]
A few examples of the lengthy letter:
| | | quote | "What I'm doing is not helping the security of Israel in the long run," said one former first sergeant.
"It's only helping to continue the circle of violence and deepening the Israeli hold of Palestinian territories and population."
One female Sergeant said she felt compelled to join the protest.
"I feel that it's my obligation, in a sense, to do something about it – to make a stand and say, 'This is what we've been doing'," she said.
"I don't feel comfortable with it at all."
"The notion of rights for Palestinians does not exist at all, not even as an idea to be disregarded," one witness statement said.
"Any Palestinian may be targeted and may suffer from sanctions, such as the denial of permits, harassment, extortion, or even direct physical injury."
"Whenever I raised doubts or questions about the morality of things we were doing, I was always told, 'Everything is OK, we are not doing anything wrong – we are simply gathering information, there is nothing wrong with it, we are not hurting anyone'.
"I knew that, of course, this isn't true." |
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