Shamai Leibowitz’s “Some Israelis refuse to serve as the only honorable option” (Commentary, April 14), which was critical of Israel’s government, is an outstanding example of freedom of speech worthy of emulation by us in the U.S.
The author, an officer in the Israel army and an attorney, not only expresses very strong words against his government but also announces he refuses to serve in the army serving the occupied territories.
He says that he and 1,000 other Israel officers are taking that position “In order to save our country from complete moral collapse . . . “
He “would rather go to jail than suppress a just uprising of people who have been held in bondage for so many years.”
I do not remember ever reading in the Tribune a piece of this moral caliber by an American author. Are American authors dead or just suppressed?
