Israeli Pilots Refuse to Fly (2003)

Wed Sep 24, 2003

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On this day in 2003, 27 Israeli pilots refused to fly assassination missions, referring to them as “illegal and immoral”.

This was declared in an open letter, and in opposition of Israel’s policy of assassinating activists of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade.

Since August 19th of that year, Israel’s air force had killed 12 Hamas members and four bystanders. Over the past two years, Israel’s “targeted assassinations” had killed dozens of bystanders, using bombs weighing up to one ton in densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip.

  • lemonhead2
    25·
    1 month ago

    what happened to the pilots? not following orders is usually treated very very harshly by the military

  • mHtt@lemmy.ca
    12·
    1 month ago

    star of david on a fighter jet really is something.

    imagine if the vatican had an airforce?

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      10·
      1 month ago

      I mean the Papal States were a thing, though they didn’t last long enough to get an airforce. And presumably Saudi Arabian planes have the Shahada on them.

    • sage@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      1 month ago

      There was this anime abridged series, where Vatican had helicopters and invaded England.

      Van Helsing Ultimate Abridged.

      It’s mostly about a vulgar vampire killing things.