Abstract
The intifada has affected political discourse in Israel on several levels. On one hand, since even most Israelis who favor territorial compromise and an accommodation with Palestinian nationalism believe uprising must end before negotiations about future of West Bank and Gaza can begin, last two years have seen intense debate about appropriate means to employ in seeking to contain Palestinian uprising. Many Israelis advocate use of greater force to achieve this objective: calls for harsher measures against Palestinian protesters were routinely issued by candidates of right-wing political parties during parliamentary election campaign of 1988. Geula Cohen of Tehiya, for example, stated that Israel should deport hundreds, not just dozens of Palestinians from West Bank and Gaza. Ariel Sharon replied to those insisting that the IDF must remain scrupulously within law by stating that existing laws should be changed if they do not empower IDF to take sufficiently effective measures.1 Yet many other Israelis believe military has already gone too far, employing force and violating human rights in West Bank and Gaza on a scale that is both morally troubling and politically counterproductive. Prominent among those taking this position are soldiers who have served in occupied territories and who complain that young Israelis were
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