Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War,

Maybe we should have interviews with Hamas fighters for balance?

That would not be balance. Balance would be interviewing other states’ soldiers who have fought terrorists and how they avoided killing a lot of civilians while doing it.

This was the testimony of an IDF officer whose unit Rabbi (yes military units have assigned rabbis) exhorted him for half an hour to punish Gaza for Oct 7th by killing all Palestinians they come across- even children. The way the article is written it is about this 1 Rabbi on active duty military service in Gaza advising this IDF officer in Gaza using genocidal rhetoric. The Rabbi wasn’t singled out or picked for the documentary.

I imagine nothing will be done about any of this, and it will continue to happen.

Mistakes?? Don't make me laugh. What is the point of official rules of engagement when everyone, including the IDF, know they are meaningless and in name only. Is it an official rule of engagement for the IDF snipers to use Palestinian children for target practice as they do.

The point is that maybe the IDF can reflect on mistakes and this draws a contract with Hasan society who chose to be lead by terrorists. Hans fight without uniform so can you blame the IDF for some error in target defintion?

At least the Israeli army had clear rules of engagement as the soldiers attest to while a true genocide regime instructs its soldiers to slaughter all. The Nazis were quite explicit about how Jews should be treated - that is true genocide.

But Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir were both terrorists leading terrorist groups who were responsible for unspeakable acts of terror. They went on to become Prime Ministers of this so moral country.

Why do Hamas need to be interviewed, I believe its well known they are terrorists, most people know what horrors they inflict, Hamas are already exposed for what they are.

This show was about the IDF who are supposed to not do such things and constantly deny any wrong doing. There’s no defending the IDF sorry to burst your bubble

Another piece I don't like is the singling out of a Rabbi with eight wing views in an attempt to try and tar Judaism as a whole by association. There would be many Rabbis in Israel and the world concerned with human death in the conflict with very much different views yet one outlier is picked for this documentary. No mentions of Imams or Muslim leaders in Gaza calling for obliteration of Israel (possibly out of an attempt not to offend).

Maybe we should have interviews with Hamas fighters for balance?

One question is whether the soldiers in question took this concerns to senior officers initially and do we have the results on internal investigation?

Anyway the timing of such interviews seems an attempt to try and maintain the 'genocide' narrative when there is a ceasefire which has dampened down news in that particular region. I am sure there will be a lot of reflection on the conflict within Israel and Gaza and how to avoid such conflicts but that reflection will take time. This piece seems an attempt at a shock tactic to again demonize the IDF and maintain momentum in for the Palestinian 'cause'.

I’m not disputing the article itself but Miko Peled should never be used as a source. He may be Israeli but several pro-Palestine groups have distanced themselves from him. He serves as a useful deflection from charges of antisemitism while propagating it himself.

if something is true, you will always be able to find it from someone more reliable.

Are we remotely surprised?

Maybe the parameters of conflict have to be reviewed. It must be difficult making life or death decisions in the heat of battle though.

Compare this to the explicit instructions given to Hamas terrorists on October 7th to kill and rape women and children. Armies can reflect on mistakes when civilians die; terrorists revel in it.