Last night I posted a disturbing video of soldiers teasing a Palestinian in ways I couldn't understand. Here is the Haaretz story behind it:
Channel 10 on Thursday released footage taken by
Israel Defense Forces soldiers of themselves humiliating a bound and
blindfolded Palestinian man at a West Bank checkpoint.
The footage shows the Palestinian kneeling and repeating sentences
given to him to say by the soldiers, who belong to the Golani infantry
brigade.
One of the lines is: "Golani will bring you a log to stick up your ass."
As the detainee repeats the words, the soldiers are heard laughing raucously in the background.
Later Thursday, the army issued a harsh condemnation of the troops' actions.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers of themselves humiliating a bound and
blindfolded Palestinian man at a West Bank checkpoint.
The footage shows the Palestinian kneeling and repeating sentences
given to him to say by the soldiers, who belong to the Golani infantry
brigade.
One of the lines is: "Golani will bring you a log to stick up your ass."
As the detainee repeats the words, the soldiers are heard laughing raucously in the background.
Later Thursday, the army issued a harsh condemnation of the troops' actions.
Only in Haaretz. I ask you to imagine this happening in Brooklyn with a black person–or say, Iran, with some of the small Jewish population there. Would it make our news?
Finally, reread the headline. Israeli Soliders Film Themselves… And this is no aberration. Do you understand why I say this is a crisis for Jewishness?
