The ‘Spirit of the IDF’

30Sep09

Good to see the Israeli military is taking the recommendations of the Goldstone report on board:

‘The Israel Defense Forces should adopt a “Code of Ethics for the War on Terror,” because its existing ethical code is insufficient, according to Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, the head of Military Intelligence…

In 2003, Yadlin and [Prof. Asa] Kasha published an article titled “Ethical Counterterrorism,” in which they justified assassinating wanted terrorists even if it injured or killed Palestinian civilians…

In an interview with Haaretz in February, Kasher said that Cast Lead was conducted in the spirt of the proposed new code he co-authored with Yadlin, and that “the norms the commanders applied in Gaza were generally proper.”…

In this interview, he also said there is “no logic to comparing the number of civilians killed with the number of armed men killed on the Palestinian side, or the number [of Israelis] killed by Qassam [rockets] compared to the number of civilians killed in Gaza,” and that soldiers should not be forced to take extra risks, beyond those inherent in combat, to prevent harm to civilians. ‘

I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot better now.


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  2. 2 JamieSW on September 30, 2009 said:

    cheers Ernie – good post.


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