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Protesters demonstrate outside military court in solidarity with an Israeli soldier arrested for shooting an incapacitated Palestinian stabbing suspect in the head, March 29, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
What would we say about the Hebron shooter were he Ashkenazi?
The story of the Hebron shooting is a classic case of the lowly soldier syndrome — mostly Ashkenazi political leaders give the order, yet only those at the bottom of the ladder must pay the price.  By Adi Mazor and Tom Mehager What is the difference between the Israeli soldier who shot 22-year-old Palestinian Abed…
By Haokets March 31, 2016
Meir Har-Zion (far left, top row) with the 890th Paratroop Battalion. To his right are Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan.
The death of an Israeli war hero and Palestinian ‘incitement’
Meir Har-Zion was a murderer, yet he was idolized this week by the Israeli media and the country’s highest officials. The Hebrew media in Israel bid farewell this week to one of the IDF’s mythological heroes, Meir Har-Zion. Har-Zion was practically legendary when I grew up, the most celebrated warrior of the IDF’s Unit 101,…
By Noam Sheizaf March 17, 2014
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