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Why soldiers don’t ‘break the silence’ to the IDF
When Israeli soldiers admit their past abuses of Palestinians, as they did again this week, the occupation’s defenders often ask: Why didn’t you report this to the army at the time? A personal illustration of why it is a disingenuous question. I was 37, a new immigrant three and half years in Israel, drafted…
By
Larry Derfner
June 15, 2013
Misspokesman: IDF New Media officer poses ‘Obama Style’ – in blackface
The IDF Spokesman is caught in a snafu, which paints him either as a racist or an ignoramus. As a rule, junior or mid-level officers and officials, particularly spokesmen, prefer to stay behind the wall of anonymity of their office. They are termed “IDF spokesman” or an “officer in the Southern Command.” They are rarely…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
November 26, 2012
IDF colonel-rabbi implies: Rape is permitted in war
Answering a question from a concerned reader regarding the Torah’s position on rape during war, Colonel Eyal Qarim of the Military Rabbinate wrote nine years ago – out of uniform – that ‘prohibitions against immorality’ are removed during war. Is it permitted for a Jewish soldier to rape a gentile woman during wartime? This question…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
March 28, 2012
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Escalation in south: IDF takes summer Gaza spin out for 2nd round
The new round of violence in Gaza began with the assassination of a Popular Resistance Committees official – and the IDF trotted out an old lie to defend it. As these lines are being written, we are in the third day of yet another round of violence in Gaza, in which at least 17 Gazans…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
March 11, 2012
IDF makes the Dome of the Rock vanish from photo, and lies about it
The Military Rabbinate distributes a photo showing the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock missing. In response to criticism, the IDF Spokesman lies for them. The Military Rabbinate recently distributed a presentation ahead of Hanukka to soldiers, which contained a picture of the Wailing Wall square all wrapped in holy light. Yet, lo…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
January 5, 2012
Questions for the IDF Spokesman on settler treatment
A list of questions to which, I suspect, I will not receive an answer Yesterday I sent this long query to the IDF Spokesman, Radio and Internet Department. I was informed that it was forwarded to the New Media Department. I will publish their reply when, and if, I receive it. Greetings, My name is…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
December 15, 2011
Yet another IDF Spokesman lie
An IDF Spokesman officer tries to mislead the public on the issue of freedom of assembly in the West Bank “The IDF Spokesman is lying, as usual” – these immortal words were not uttered by yours truly or any other backstabbing, well-poisoning and self-hating leftist, but rather by Major General (Aluf) Uri Sagi. And as…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
December 10, 2011
IDF Spokesman hoisted by own petard?
IDF Spokesman, Major Peter Lerner, expresses a political opinion. Problem: That’s forbidden to soldiers Everyone who has had the misfortune to serve in the IDF – most Israeli Jews are forced to – has heard, time and time again, the slogan that “soldiers are not allowed to deal with politics.” Naturally enough, this was never true…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
November 15, 2011
With latest flotilla, IDF celebrates overcoming passive activists
The military tries to paint the blocking of two unarmed ships as a major military success – and highlights its own faults in the process Our brave troops have raided, at dawn, two unarmed ships, filled with dangerous and enthusiastic peace activists, and have managed to carry out the operation without casualties. The operation actually…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
November 6, 2011
IDF mum on Eilat attacks that justified Gaza bombing
A reporter exposes an IDF investigation acknowledging that the Eilat attackers came from Sinai, not Gaza; the IDF has nothing to say on the matter Do you remember the Eilat attacks of two months back? How we were told, while the attack was still going on, that the attackers were the Popular Resistance Committees, and…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
October 23, 2011
The IDF quietly abandons its spin on Eilat attack
The IDF admits that the Eilat attackers weren’t Gazans, but buries the news Some 34 days ago, a group of terrorists attacked several points on the Israeli-Egyptian border, near Eilat. While the attack was still going on, Security Minister (the term “Defense Minister” does not capture the Soviet/Socialist undertones of the title) Ehud Barak quickly…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
September 22, 2011
Flotilla report: So how did the activists die?
Why does Israel still refuse to show us the full footage from the Mavi Marmara? Perhaps because it knows what we’ll see Last weekend saw the release of the Palmer Report (which can be read here – a PDF file) dealing the Flotilla incident and the assault on the Mavi Marmara last year. To make…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
September 7, 2011
Palestinians handcuffed, detained for picking wildflowers
Three Palestinians were detained by IDF gunmen for the crime of picking endangered thistles. Settler riots continue per schedule Last Thursday, IDF gunmen detained three Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, on suspicion of picking an endangered plant, Gundelia tournefortiii. They handcuffed one of the Palestinians, and kept the detainees for about three hours, standing outside…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
March 8, 2011
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