By Steven Plaut
December 31, 2004
Peace Now has spent the past few years urging leftists to refuse to do military service. Peace Now is of the opinion that leftists should be excused from the inconvenience of having to obey any laws they happen to dislike. In particular, Peace Now endorses those soldiers who have been refusing to do any military service until Israel adopts the policies being advocated by Israel's communist party and the PLO.
When it comes to defending Israeli civilians from mass-murdering Palestinians, when it comes to serving in the military to protect Jewish children on buses, Peace Now sees no reason why its members should participate and serve. It promotes insubordination and mutiny by leftist soldiers.
But now, all of a sudden, Peace Now has organized a new campaign under the slogan "I Volunteer". Peace Now wants volunteers to help expel Jewish settlers from their homes in the Gaza Strip when Ariel Sharon begins to implement Amram Mitzna's plan to make Gaza Judenrein.
The background to this is that some on the Israeli Right, including some rabbis, have been urging soldiers to disobey orders and refuse to serve in units ordered in to expel Jews from their homes. To take the places of any soldiers following these calls, Peace Now is suddenly uber-patriotic and urging its members to volunteer for military service.
The campaign includes placing large Peace Now ads in the press. The ads also serve as forms to be mailed in to the Chief of Staff of the army, in which people pledge their willingness to volunteer to help fight against Jews.
Clearly, the Peace Now petitions and ads do not go nearly far enough. After all, why should Peace Now members merely volunteer to serve in units that expel Jews from their homes?
Why not sign petitions and send in forms to the military Chief of Staff in which Peace Now supporters volunteer to place bombs in Jewish schools, cafes and buses? Or in which they volunteer to fire automatic weapons at groups of Jewish mothers or senior citizens? I mean, come on, let's have a spirit of voluntarism for Peace Now's true goals.
All volunteers are encouraged to signup at POB 29828, Tel Aviv, Israel. And Americans for Peace Now no doubt would like to hear your suggestions for creative voluntarism.
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