Once again on the Canadian-born Israeli refusenik

Sometime ago, I had this posting about a Canadian-born Israeli who refused to take part in the terrorist activities of Sharon government. Once again I read what he said as why he was opposing this actions. I thought it is valuable enough to repeat some of what he said:

"How is it possible that a young woman (a young Palestinian law clerk from Jenin, whose own brother and cousin were killed in earlier Israeli operations - Faramin) can carry out such an awful suicide bombing?" Goldenblatt wrote.

"The only possible answer is that she was driven by an utter lack of hope, that the result of 36 years of occupation is this utter lack of hope for a better life, freedom, self-respect and in short, all of the things that all of us hope for and expect.

"We have turned the lives of women and children into hell, but we are shocked, enraged and demand retribution when the people who are the products of our occupation take action against us."

Goldenblatt is obviously a courageous Israeli who prefers to be a responsible human rather than a criminal.