And how does the Israeli "occupation" go against those ideals?
Answer--it doesn't.
To defend the guilty is to betray the innocent. Whether it is your intention or not, you are on the side of evil.
The article mentions some of the ways the Israeli occupation goes against the right of Palestinians to liberty and justice: "check-points in which thousands of Palestinians are being detained for hours and humiliated by young soldiers", "large-scale demolition of houses", "a state-sponsored policy of assassinations", "discriminatory laws for the sake of the illegal settlements".
To defend the guilty is to betray the innocent. Whether it is your intention or not, you are on the side of evil.
Look in the mirror when you say that.
I admire those who stand up and question their government's actions, when done on legiotimate grounds (ie: moral, ethical, etc).
And the fact that the refuseniks have their day in court, while any counterparts in the PLO have their day with a bullet in the head, does more to make me sympathetic to Israel than any blind pro-zionist blah-blah that accuses anyone of being unamerican and fascist and pro-terrorist just because they do not worship israel.
I am against the current Israeli tactics, which are none too new. The PLO (just another mafia-clone) is in fact an Israeli creation as much as anyone's. I think they should have taken the recent opportunity, taken out Arafat and the PLO leadership, annexed the occupied territories, begin assimilation of the palestinians as future citizens (with fierce sedition laws and enforcement), and count on a larger, more prosperous and less troubled nation.
Idealism? Somewhat, but I am a firm believer in giving someone something to live for rather than die for.