When people talk about Israel being the victim of Palestinian propaganda, keep in mind that many of the most damning accounts come from Israelis. From Dave DeCamp at antiwar.com:
The sniper said commanders would order him to fire on unarmed Palestinians
An Israeli sniper from the IDF’s Nahal Brigade detailed in comments to Haaretz the killing of unarmed Palestinians, including children, who were attempting to get aid in Gaza.
“It started about two months ago,” the soldier, who went by the pseudonym Benny, told the Israeli paper as part of a story focusing on the mental toll on IDF soldiers in Gaza. “Every day we have the same mission: to secure the humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip.”
The report said that Benny and his fellow soldiers began their day at 3:30 am when they set up sniper positions near where aid trucks arrive to unload their contents. He said that Gaza residents try to move forward to get a good spot in line, but often cross an invisible line set by the IDF.
“A line that if they cross it, I can shoot them,” Benny said. “It’s like a game of cat and mouse. They try to come from a different direction every time, and I’m there with the sniper rifle, and the officers are yelling at me, ‘Take him down, take him down.’ I fire 50-60 bullets every day, I’ve stopped counting kills. I have no idea how many I’ve killed, a lot. Children.”
Since the end of May, Gaza’s Health Ministry has recorded the killing of 2,497 aid seekers, which includes Palestinians killed near sites run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and people killed while attempting to reach aid trucks operated by the UN or other organizations. Another 18,294 Palestinians have been wounded while attempting to get food.
They have a problem with suicide and I wouldn’t travel out of the homeland as some states respect the ICC.
Reading The Thinker’s take on the coming auntie semitism round ups in Bolshevik Revolution redux.
Having Trumpstein complete the Long March is 4-D checkers?