Israel soldiers speak out on Gaza
bbc world news
15-Jul-2009 (one comment)

A group of soldiers who took part in Israel's assault in Gaza say widespread abuses were committed against civilians under "permissive" rules of engagement.

The troops said they had been urged to fire on any building or person that seemed suspicious and said Palestinians were sometimes used as human shields.

Breaking the Silence, a campaign group made up of Israeli soldiers, gathered anonymous accounts from 26 soldiers.

Israel denies breaking the laws of war and dismissed the report as hearsay.

The report says testimonies show "the massive and unprecedented blow to the infrastructure and civilians" was a result of Israeli military policy, articulated by the rules of engagement, and encouraged by a belief "the reality of war requires them to shoot and not to ask questions".

One soldier is quoted saying: "The soldiers were made to understand that their lives were the most important, and that there was no way our soldiers would get killed for the sake of leaving civilians the benefit of the doubt."

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Iran: A Fascist IRI killing field!

by Farhad Kashani on Wed Jul 15, 2009 03:13 PM PDT

What IRI has done to Iranians, made what Hitler did to Jews and others, what Stalin did to Non Russians in USSR, what Mao did to Chinese, what Israel is doing to Palestinians, look like “endless love on behalf of a government to its people”!

 

BLIND ANTI ISRAELISM WILL NOT MAKE YOUR IRI REGIME LOOK GOOD. NOTHING WILL MAKE YOUR IRI REGIME LOOK GOOD. NO MATTER HOW MUCH ANTI ISRAELI BS YOU POST, IRANIANS WILL HATE THE IRI REGIME MORE AND MORE AND UNDERSTAND THIS BLIND ANTI ISRAELI GAME IS NOTHING BUT PROPAGANDA.


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