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[–] Cobrachicken 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Between the lines: The chaotic incidents indicate how much ultranationalists in Israel have been emboldened under Netanyahu's governments, especially after Oct. 7.

It is also a sign of the disintegration of the IDF chain of command and the military's internal law and order, encouraged by ultranationalist politicians who for years called the military a "liberal" institution and said it was part of a "deep state" that needs to be dismantled."

Good summary, especially the last sentence sums it up.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 13 points 2 months ago

Well that's uncomfortable

[–] ghostdoggtv 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Israelis thought the military-

lmfao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well they didn't let Ben-Gvir serve. That's not a high standard but it's a standard.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ultranaut 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Kind of the opposite of a lynch mob since they were trying to free the 9 IDF soldiers arrested for raping and torturing prisoners instead of attempting to punish them. I would call this more an attempted prison break, or possibly even a sort of coup against the rule of law by elements of the Israeli government, if its true those ministers were involved.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay that's 9 more IDF soldiers being punished for warcrimes than I expected.

[–] Viking_Hippie 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not necessarily. The "enormous hardship" these fascists are protesting is them being questioned at all!

There's still a significant risk that they're going to be summarily declared innocent whether or not they actually are, or at most receive a light reprimand, like most Israeli war criminals that even get THIS far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie 1 points 2 months ago

Sadly, yes 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

True. Terrible mentality 🙁

[–] yesman 2 points 2 months ago

It's weird that this is in the news the same time as William Calley's death reminds us of My Lai and how solders who commit atrocity are coddled by ultra-nationalists.