RE: Operation Pillar of Cloud (Israeli intervention in Gaza)
November 18, 2012 at 10:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2012 at 10:21 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote: and a resulting obligation to be supportive and helpfull towards the jewish people,
Noble...but when they drop cluster bombs on refugee camps even the noblest sentiment can be carried too far.
There are no good guys in that conflict. There are only victims and abusers. In that, its a lot like the catholic church.
Quote:Literature passed out to soldiers by the army's rabbinate "had a clear message - we are the people of Israel, we came by a miracle to the land of Israel, God returned us to the land, now we need to struggle to get rid of the gentiles that are interfering with our conquest of the land," the soldier told a forum of Gaza veterans in mid-February, just weeks after the conflict ended.
A transcript of the testimony given at an Israeli military academy at the Oranim college on Feb. 13 was obtained on Friday by McClatchy and also published in Haaretz, one of Israel's leading dailies. The soldier, identified as "Ram," a pseudonym to protect his identity, gave a scathing description of the atmosphere as the Israeli army went to war.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/03/21
