Had the world retained its sensitivity, the myth of “the most moral army in the world” would have shattered already. But the Israeli military is utilising its tactic of isolating individual cases of human rights violations and pointing fingers at individuals, rather than blame the genocidal policy of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the military as a state institution that carries out genocidal actions. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) top lawyer, Maj.-Gen. Yifal Tomer-Yerushalmi warned of “incidents [that] go beyond the disciplinary domain, and cross the criminal threshold.” Such actions, she stated, damage Israel’s and the IDF’s reputation in the international arena. “We act like human beings and, unlike our enemy, maintain our humanity,” Tomer-Yerushalmi added. “We must be … Continue reading Where is the ‘morality’ in Israel’s erasure of Palestinians?