First Israeli probe of deadly May 31 raid, led by Maj. Gen. Eiland, cites intelligence failures but does not single out any officers for rebuke. By Anshel Pfeffer Haaretz - July 12, 2010 The Israel Defense Force committee investigating the navy’s deadly raid on a Turkish-flagged aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip found the incident [...]
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The Battle of Nabi Saleh: Soldiers vs. Kids
Max Blumenthal – July 4, 2010 When Israeli soldiers entered the embattled Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh on July 2, they were immediately confronted by over a dozen small children. While the IDF is accustomed to firing teargas canisters, percussion grenades, rubber bullets and even live .22 caliber ammunition at adolescent boys, members of the [...]
Israelis fight back via Facebook and Twitter
Following the IDF raid on the Gaza aid flotilla on Monday, Israeli surfers brandished their keyboards and went to war, fighting to save Israel’s image. By Ayala Tsoref Haaretz - June 02, 2010 When the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman’s Office and the Foreign Ministry were fiddling while the deck of the Marmara burned, metaphorically speaking, at [...]
Israel to stop Gaza aid ships
Al Jazeera English – 27 May 2010 Israel says it will prevent, if necessary by force, a nine-ship flotilla of peace activists and humanitarian aid from reaching the Gaza Strip. The Freedom Flotilla, is carrying around 700 pro-Palestinian activists from various countries, as well as 10,000 tonnes of aid. It is by far the largest [...]
Amira Hass: Palestinian boy freed from IDF jail without paying bail
Haaretz – 7 March 2010 An Israel Defense Forces court on Sunday agreed to release from custody a 13-year-old Palestinian boy held for nine days on suspicion of throwing stones at soldiers. The boy has been held since his first remand hearing, on March 2, when his father was unable to pay the NIS 2,000 the [...]
Vice Premier and ex-IDF chief cancels U.K. visit over arrest fears
By Uri Blau Haaretz 5 October 2009 Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon recently canceled a planned trip to Britain for fear of being arrested there. Ya’alon was invited to London to attend a fund-raising dinner for Benji’s Home, a group home for soldiers with no family in Israel. The project is the initiative of the [...]
Amira Hass: The one thing worse than denying the Gaza report
By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent Haaretz 17 September 2009 On Friday an Israel Defense Forces soldier called to protest the publication of another story in Haaretz which in his words, tainted not only the troops’ image but also his Sabbath day.
Amira Hass: Were IDF close-range killings in Gazan justified?
Haaretz Sun., May 31, 2009 Among the 1,400 Palestinians killed during Operation Cast Lead last December and January, 1,085 died in Israeli air strikes, according to a study by the Gaza-based human rights group Mezan. Israeli soldiers killed 93 Palestinians at close range with rifles, according to the study, which was requested [...]
Gideon Levy : Ask your sons
It is behavior well known to every police investigator: First the suspect denies everything, then attacks his interrogators, then admits to a small portion of the accusations (saying he merely did what everyone does), and finally breaks down and confesses.
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