FIND THEM AN ENEMY TO FIGHT INSTEAD:

"The Palestinian population, which is under military rule, is completely exposed to the espionage and surveillance efforts of Israeli intelligence," the letter read.

"The intelligence [that was] gathered, hurts innocent people, and was used in order to politically persecute [Palestinians], and as a means to create division in Palestinian society by mobilizing collaborators and directing the Palestinian society against itself.

"We are unable, morally, to serve in such a system," the letter concluded.

The signatories, however, stressed that they would continue to take part in operations to gather information regarding enemy states.

"We understand the need to defend ourselves, and intelligence is by definition something dirty, and compared to other countries it really is self-defense. But with the Palestinians, the main objective is to maintain the military rule in the West Bank," one of the reservists told Siha Mekomit magazine.

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