What's The Use, Why Even Serve?
Israel pardons 48 wanted Palestinians Date: 26 / 08 / 2008 Time: 17:31 www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=31547Nablus - Ma'an - Israel pardoned 48 Palestinian activists on Tuesday it had
previously deemed "wanted," including 21 from the West Bank city of Nablus.A Palestinian security source told Ma'an that the Palestinian and Israeli
negotiation teams agreed during a meeting on Monday to allow the former
Palestinian fighters to return civilian life without fearing arrest or
assassination by the Israeli military.Fourteen people received total amnesty, and another 34 received partial
amnesty, meaning that they will not be arrested so long as they remain in
areas of Palestinian Authority (PA) control (Area A of the West Bank, a
series of enclaves designated by the Oslo interim agreement).In addition to the list of 48, Five former fighters who were detained in the
PA's Juneid prison in Nablus received complete amnesty and five detainees in
the jail received partial amnesty.Another 20 men will be released from PA custody.
Ma'an's correspondent in Nablus identified the activists who have been
pardoned as:Mahdi Akkubah, Ala' Sulaiman, Amr Amirah, Ala' Sanakrah the most prominent
activist on the list), Salah Abu Leil, Abdul-Nasser Abu Kushuk, Raed Fakhr
Addin, Muneer Qatawi, Abdul-Mun'im Sanakrah, Muhammad Zabaru, Yasin Banat,
Sa'id Misha, Muhammad Al-Hajj, Muhammad An-Nuri, Yousif Salah, Muhammad
Hashash, Ali Kojak, Mujahid Abu Zeid and Sireen Abu Salim.Only 19 names appear hear because, a security source explained that two of
the 21 Nablus men were not in fact wanted by Israel.
So why should my son and the son's of others that serve in the IDF continue to serve?
What is the point of these boys' risking life and limb, just so Israel can release terrorist or pardon other terrorist?
I am getting to the point of wishing my son was not in the IDF, he could be in university here in the USA, moving his life ahead instead of risking his life for a morally bankrupt leadership in Israel.
I Never, thought I would ever have such thoughts, but Israeli leadership and their strangle hold on power, makes me question some days what is the use.
