Some protesters aren't begging for a pardon

Not everyone affected by the amnesty law is interested in receiving a state pardon. One such person is Yaakov Etzion, a former resident of the Gaza Strip settlement of Morag.

About six months before the disengagement, he and fellow Morag residents demonstrated against the incessant mortar fire on their community by going to the Gush Katif Junction and blocking a major road for a few minutes. He was arrested, spent 11 days in jail and was finally indicted for interfering with a policemen. His trial is still pending.

"I don't want a pardon," he said yesterday. "I didn't commit a crime ... The state committed a crime, by uprooting Gush Katif [the Gaza settlements]. And restitution for that crime is returning to the Gush, dismantling the Hamas state and freeing [kidnapped soldier] Gilad Shalit, not aspirin like this amnesty."