Sheera Frenkel reports in the Times of London that a senior IDF officer told her the army has been moved to its "highest state of readiness." In IDF jargon, this is called P+1, which means the entire army must be ready for combat on one hour's notice. Israel will not invade Gaza during Shabbat (too many religious-settler soldiers who are observant). That … [Read more...]
IDF Colonel Accused of War Crimes Promoted to General
The IDF likes to reverse the old saying: "Let no good deed go unpunished." It likes to ensure that no war crime goes unrewarded. Col. Ilan Malka, who was named by the Goldstone Report as possibly responsible for two sets of war crimes during Operation Cast Lead (one of them was the murder of the al-Samouni family, resulting in the deaths of 20 civilians … [Read more...]
Report on “Rescuing Human Rights” Conference at UC San Diego
Davey, a long time member of the Tikun Olam reader community, lives in San Diego and attended the Rescuing Human Rights program hosted by StandWithUs at UC San Diego this week. I wrote about the event before it occurred. His report is below: Stand With Us and Tritons for Israel presented “Rescuing Human Rights” on Wednesday evening May 15th at the … [Read more...]
IDF Closes Book on al-Samouni Killings, Whitewashes Massacre
Yesterday, the IDF informed B'Tselem that it intended to close the investigation of the massacre death of 21 members of the al-Samouni clan in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. You'll recall this was one of the three most egregious incidents of the war which the Goldstone inquiry focussed on in its Report. During the fighting, scores of family members were … [Read more...]
