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Soldiers charged with assault yelled 'Arabs must die'
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 01.08.08, 02:24
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1. Throw the book at these soldiers!
Elianah ,   Haifa, IL   (08.01.08)
I hope that these soldiers get the punishment they deserve for their actions in this case. Throw the book at them! This is no way to treat ANYONE who is just out for a day at the beach, and being drunk is not an excuse. Shameful behavior and completely unacceptable.
2. why don't you give a voice to every drunk on this planet
rachel ,   usa   (08.01.08)
lets see how ridiculous the conversations will be !!!!!
3. The attackers constitute a 5th column
Jake   (08.01.08)
Druze border police spend their day serving as sitting ducks in the service of Israel, getting stoned, firebombed, and shot at by Palestinians. What a welcoming committee these guys received for their service! I will never forget the Druze soldier, of blessed memory, Madhat Yusef, who bled to death defending Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, because Ehud Barak failed to rescue him to avoid upsetting Arafat. A Druze officer recently said that that the Druze are the Maccabees of modern Israel. During the disengagement from Gaza, a number of Druze soldiers refused to evacuate Gush Katif on ideological grounds, and one of the most vociferous opponents of disengagement was Likud MK Ayyub Kara. Ungratefulness for Druze service to Israel would be an unpardonable sin.
4. Take their booze away and find out what happened.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (08.01.08)
5. What do you expect? Your people are frustrated!
USA   (08.01.08)
6. MOST Israelis are FED UP with the Leftists proArab powerless
Miriam ,   Israel   (08.01.08)
government whose only objective is to appease Arabs and the anti-Semitic nations while neglecting the security of Israel. That's why Livni or Mofaz or any other Kadima member won’t have a chance in replacing Olmert.
7. Disgusting behaviour
Allan ,   Ramat Ilan, Israel   (08.01.08)
I am so shocked at this and it is a disgrace that this happened, the soldiers should be thrown in prison for the behaviour. They are disgusting people, i dont care if the guy they attacked is Druze, bedoiun, Jewish.. whatever.. They should be arrested and thrown in prison for this. To the Druze officer, I hope you get better and i hope you and your family do not judge all of us with the same brush as these horrible thugs. To the IDF, throw the book at them, make an example and why were they drunk on one of the most elite bases in the IDF? I am so disgusted....
8. #5 frustration?
szobakutya ,   Zoodapest, Hungary   (08.01.08)
Man thats an exceptable reason to beat the s#*t out of an arab who defend your country, and throw stone to a mother and child? You must be insane...
9. To#2,5,6
Sami ,   canada   (08.01.08)
When I read a such comments, I really believe some human being came from monkey, a monkey with rotten brain.
10. Wowie, that's shocking...
Jew   (08.01.08)
to think that Jews might have some resentment against Arabs. That's odd. The arabs only call for the death of Jews all the time.
11. My goodness...
Jew   (08.01.08)
and from a few bad apples, it makes a lot of sense to generalize to a whole population. I'm sure that Iranian general who was caught with a couple whores would do the same for his own people. Jeeeeezzz....let's find these dumbasses, lock them up, and be done with it. Enough with trying to generalize.
12. it's a shame for Tsahal
yoel ,   raanana   (08.01.08)
We are all racists anyway. Jews against arabs, arabs vs jews, Hilonim vs Datyim,... but there are limits that cannot be overpassed. Hatred in not a solution, and we must make some internal "psychanalise" to solve this problem. But in this case, it's spoken about DRUNK soldiers from an Elite unit from Tsahal... Right?? Their officer shouldn't have let them go out from their base carrying weapon while drunk!! They are supposed to respect their uniform, and they failed on that by beating yougsters, yelling racist expressions... Finally, the worst: they attacked people who are supposed to love Israel. Shame on them
13. drunk
menachem ,   switzerland   (08.01.08)
Some drunk soldiers with weapons at the beach. This are never soldiers.throw them out of the IDF but quick. This is one of the worst image an army can have. IDF soldiers and this behavior is not acceptable. shalom
14. Shame!
Rosie ,   Israel   (08.01.08)
Disgusting, shameful, horrible! Absolute disgrace! Drunk in IDF uniform?! On duty?! Let alone guarding military base?! Attacking people on beach!!! Let alone IDF officer!!! The thugs must be ousted!!! Put in jail for maximum term that law allows!!!
15. Sounds like Normal behaviour
Chocko ,   NY, USA   (08.01.08)
from the IDF. Especially in the past few years. The only difference here is that they had drink taken... Are we sure that the Druze Border guard wasnt rioting.... Maybe the Soldiers were 'defending' themselves, and they thought they were under attack....... Hey..... I could be wrong.
16. IT'S A YNET STORY, A YNET STORY !!
(08.01.08)
17. Being drunk is no exuse
tFighterPilot   (08.01.08)
The same goes to Mel Gibson.
18. PUNISH THESE RACISTS WITH THE WORST PENALTY!
Adam ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (08.01.08)
19. #1,9,17 A drunken tongue speaks a sober mind
Miriam ,   Israel   (08.01.08)
They said what most would love to say. And how would your tongue against Jews look when you're drunk? Hah?
20. Despicable. Punish them severely
Albert ,   Geneva, Switzerland   (08.01.08)
Horrible. And the Druse even do military service. Moreover a barbaric dead against any innocent person.
21. And what about ARabs attacking jews?
(08.01.08)
22. Miriam
Michael ,   Haifa   (08.01.08)
as a non self-hating Jew, I admit that I direct all my hatred towards the racist, Miriam, who reminds me of the darker periods of human history. She is utterly despicable.
23. Two things I'd like to say
Roman ,   Lod, Israel   (08.01.08)
1. Enough with the generalizations - these people aren't a reason to generalize about the IDF, and they'll find that being drunk on duty, assault, and misuse of a deadly firearm will get them a rather long stay in military prison. The fact that they also attacked a serving Druze officer will also mean that the army won't just throw the book at them - it'll throw an entire library if need be. 2. Whoever comments here and tries to defend this, even on the "opinion" level - enough! If you care so much about what Arabs do, stop justifying us acting like their worst representatives! And learn not to generalize - otherwise you're just throwing the baby away with the bathwater. Judge people by their actions, not by what you expect of them due to some preconceived view. And frankly, there's nothing that justifies "Death to Arabs", any more than there is for "Death to Israel" or "Death to America".
24. most moral army in the world
Mike Sjovic ,   NY USA   (08.01.08)
there are so many exceptions to this that it is fast becoming the rule. we will look forward to seeing a moral constituent to this very "moral" army
25. #9 ya why don't you say that about the garbage said about
rachel ,   usa   (08.02.08)
jews in all the Arab media ?
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