I think that the Israeli Defense Force should be judged on the way they deal with stabbings and not based off of how the media portrays Israel in general. I understand that the IDF enforces the "purity of arms" and to only kill when they or their comrades are in danger based off of my experience in Gadna. However the world is very anti-Israel today and will use any information they can get their hands on to make Israel not only look bad but get supporters in being anti-Israel. Many anti-Israel people use the army to criticize Israel as a whole because when they use the stabbings and all of the accounts where an Israeli solider is very threatening or "dangerous" to make propaganda. Even if a solider is to just put a terrorist in a head lock or anything that doesn't kill them, they will still be judged in a negative light.
I agree that it is a hard line between how the world views Israel and finding the right way to handle this situation. It is interesting debating this because it all depends on the gravity of the attack and the details of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion about judging the IDF from media. The ways that the stabbings are being portrayed over social media is putting down the IDF's ways which shouldn't happen.
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