Is Yonathan Shapira Israeli helicopter pilot a hero for refusing to attack Palestinian civilians ?
Thank you so much for this post. Yes in my opinion he is a real hero, and if there were more like him, then that part of the world would be a better place. I wish that the facts of what this man is saying would register with those who are in denial of what Israel does. This is someone who was with the Israel AF for 11 years and saw so much, and knows the truth. I doubt if those who are dogmatic will even read it, and if they do, they will just dismiss him as a ‘self hating jew’. It is a disgrace. This part of the article said it all for me, and I am sure it is what the whole of the Israeli government thinks: In the discussion of my dismissal,” he said, “I asked Gen. Dan Halutz if he would allow the firing of missiles from an Apache helicopter on a car carrying wanted men, if it were travelling in the streets of Tel Aviv, in the knowledge that the action would hurt innocent civilians who happened to be passing at the time.” Refusing to respond to Shapira’s ethical question, the general
