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That is something Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government would not welcome. The pilots' lawyer, Michael Sfard, tells TIME that any such case would test the legality of targeted eliminations themselves. The pilots were dismissed because they threatened to disobey orders, but Israeli law permits soldiers to disobey clearly illegal commands. So the court would be forced to decide whether the pilots are right to call the targeted eliminations illegal. "We're fighting to keep Israel moral, democratic and strong," says Captain Assaf, a dissenting reserve F-15 pilot, whose last name can't be disclosed owing to military restrictions...
...avoid injuring civilians, and the air force discharged the 27 dissenters, some of whom are decorated officers. Now the pilots are demanding they be reinstated. If the air force doesn't comply, they say, they will take their case to the Supreme Court. That is something Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government does not welcome. The pilots' lawyer, Michael Sfard, tells TIME that any such case would test the legality of targeted eliminations themselves. The pilots were dismissed because they threatened to disobey orders, but Israeli law permits soldiers to disobey clearly illegal commands. So the court would be forced...
...course! This is a no-brainer. But the fools now running U.S. foreign policy will no doubt find a way to screw up this opportunity, too. The perception that U.S. policy in the Mideast is largely directed by Ariel Sharon and the Likud party of Israel is unfortunately gaining credibility. Richard Polese Santa...
...United States foreign policy has for too long been hostage to the whims of Ariel Sharon. He deliberately provoked the current intifada in order to press the fear buttons of the Israeli people. He is now following a course than can lead to no ultimate good for Israel. It is time for an impartial and determined effort to resolve the conflict. Gil Carbajal Spain...
...clear that in the future we will not be in all the places we are now." Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel, conceding that some Jewish settlements in the occupied territories will have to be abandoned...