MIDEAST Israel Aiming Punitive Measures At Soft Targets http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55130

RAMALLAH - As the international community becomes increasingly critical of Israel's discriminatory treatment of Israeli-Arabs and the brutal occupation in the Palestinian West Bank, the Israeli authorities are venting their anger against soft targets such as Arab-Israeli parliamentarians and Palestinian and Israeli non-violent peace activists.Yonatan Shapira, a former Israel Air Force (IAF) pilot, and a member of the organisation Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall (AAW) -- the separation barrier which divides Israel proper from the West Bank but which diverges off the internationally recognised Green Line and into Palestinian territory -- is one of them. Shapira co-authored the Pilot's Letter in 2003. Together with 30 other IAF pilots Shapira signed the letter which stated: "We the undersigned are no longer willing to be part of the indiscriminate attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territories. We declare our refusal to participate in what we believe to be illegal and immoral activities."