A must read: Mikhael Manekin: Gaza Operation: Israeli Soldiers Tell A Different Story Than Official Military Line | HuffPost.com. Also see Ibn Ezra’s new site and the Magnes Zionist.
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Al Jazeera: IDF “no longer the most moral army in the world”
Jul 15th, 2009 Israel and War 0 Comments
IDF says Breaking the Silence is lying, what shit
The Breaking the Silence Gaza testimonies are out — and damning. I wrote up a summary for your perusal. This morning the IDF spokesperson pulled the usual shit and claimed that the words of their own soldiers are lies: What shit. Just read the testominies and there’s enough information to determine where, when, and under [...]
Jul 15th, 2009 Israel, Published elsewhere and War 1 Comment
Rise to kill them first
Oft is the anecdote that every Israeli child can recite the Talmudic instruction “If a man comes to kill you, rise to kill him first.” Of course it’s also remarked that too few know the second part of that edict, saying that if you must kill a third person to prevent a second person from [...]
Jun 17th, 2009 Judaism and War 0 Comments
A Religious War in Israel’s Army
By Ethan Bronner in the NY Times, a report on the effect of orthodox pre-military academies and officers on military ethics. Mostly, the accusations of secular, Western-minded humanist Israelis against the right-wing Modern Orthodox. It is very scary that Israel’s military is being more influenced by Jews who believe that fighting Arabs is a sacred [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009 Israel and War 0 Comments
Brilliant hoax: Britain Board of Jews calls off Israel rally
This email is fake, but it’s brilliant in its sharp targeting of the Jewish community’s stances on the Gaza operations. Language about an end to deaths on either side, a resolution to the long-standing problem of Palestinian statehood, and so on would be very simple to add to existing statements about an end to Hamas [...]
Jan 10th, 2009 Humor, Israel and War 4 Comments
Hamas is not a moral “Get Out of Jail Free” card for Israel
The whole damn Jewish world uses the response that “Hamas is using human shields” as a moral Get Out of Jail Free card. When civilians die, Israel is just at fault as Hamas. Israel is responsible for their direct killing, Hamas responsible for their being in the crosshairs, Israel for using bombs in civilian centers, [...]
Jan 6th, 2009 Politics and War 3 Comments
Stewart: Israel is the “mobius strip” of American politics — there’s only one side!
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Jan 6th, 2009 Humor and War 0 Comments
WANTED: Facebook programmer to make pro-Isreal, pro-peace PRO-CEASEFIRE status update donater
Will pay. Inquire within.
Jan 6th, 2009 War 1 Comment
Just in case you never thought I defended Israel
Gaza is a bloody mess, and emotions are high. Protesters around the world are decrying the bombing, the Jewish PR machine has cranked into overdrive. I don’t count on people being very rational in these times, and I myself struggle to be level-headed. Then again, I agree sometimes it’s just too much. I’m very progressive, liberal, [...]
Dec 30th, 2008 Israel and War 1 Comment
Incredible story of Israeli moral strength and failure
Haaretz runs a truly remarkable story today about soldiers present at the 1956 Israeli massacre of 57 Palestinian civilians at Kafr Qasem who exercised incredible moral discernment against orders to kill and whose fellow soldiers did not. The summary is as follows: Lampert was ordered with the other commanders of his battalion to shoot to [...]
Oct 20th, 2008 Israel and War 0 Comments