Pushback on Gaza. From the Washington Institute for Near East Policy:
So far, there have been only a few cases of alleged serious misconduct
involving the "cold-blooded" killing of civilians, and these are in
dispute.
involving the "cold-blooded" killing of civilians, and these are in
dispute.
Ethan Bronner does the heavy lifting for the New York Times.
“When we entered houses, we actually cleaned up the place,” said Yishai
Goldflam, 32, a religiously observant film student in Jerusalem whose
open letter to the Palestinian owners of the house he occupied for some
days was published in the newspaper Maariv. “There are always idiots
who do immoral things. But they don’t represent the majority. I
remember once when a soldier wanted to take a Coke from a store, and he
was stopped by his fellow soldiers because it was the wrong thing to
do.”
Goldflam, 32, a religiously observant film student in Jerusalem whose
open letter to the Palestinian owners of the house he occupied for some
days was published in the newspaper Maariv. “There are always idiots
who do immoral things. But they don’t represent the majority. I
remember once when a soldier wanted to take a Coke from a store, and he
was stopped by his fellow soldiers because it was the wrong thing to
do.”
Thanks to Abu Muqawama, who calls it "apologetics." Agreed.
