Eisner: Task is more important than looking good for camera

Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner, an officer who was suspended from the IDF after hitting a leftist protester from Denmark, said in a conversation with a supporter that he never put "anyone's life in danger."

"What's more important, fulfilling the task or looking good for the camera?" he said in a chat that was broadcast on Channel 10 News. "I am familiar with these anarchists' history. They came with sticks and broke my hand, but no one talks about that or films that. It's true; some of the pictures look bad. I used my weapon coldly, like a stick. I didn't kill anyone, and didn't put anyone's life at risk." (Ynet)