Does this type of objection constitute mutiny/mutinous activity/deserting etc etc.????
The latest...
Israel's Air Force Chief Major-General Dan Halutz has issued an order to ground nine pilots who signed a letter refusing to take part in targeted assassinations and other operations in the Palestinian occupied territories.
Twenty-seven reserve pilots signed the letter, but only nine of them still do active duty with the Israeli Air Force.
Halutz told Haaretz he planned to treat the signatories "in the same way as the IDF (Israeli Army) has dealt with refuseniks until now. This method has proven itself."
The nine pilots will be called to meetings with the heads of their bases in the upcoming days and if they do not retract their statement, they will be dismissed from active service.
Meanwhile, Israel's Air Force Commander has also ordered the grounding of signatories of the letter currently serving as flight instructors at the IAF’s (Israeli Air Force) flight school. “These are not the people who should educate the next generation of pilots,” he conveyed.
In the meantime, former Israeli president and one-time air force commander Ezer Weizman attacked the group, saying they lacked "morality," that their act of publishing a letter was a "disgrace," and that they should "put their tail between their legs" and get out of the Air Force "as quickly as possible."
Likud Parliament Member Michael Ratzon, for his part, said the Israeli Army must try those pilots as "traitors." (Albawaba.com)