hahaha who are you kidding? You obviously don't pass through the checkpoints on a daily basis.

Mr.Yoaz Hendel, the next time you have to respect the readers, and write to them without being drunk ! I'm afraid you are expecting someone to answer you, no, You're white peace doves!!!!

We need to be accountable to ourselves, never mind to anyone outside. This is not about report writers, it is about being responsible for our actions.

Are a right bad lot.Have a look over youtube and thats only the stuff someone has managed to film. I'd say the IDF soldiers are comparable with no soldiers in the western world and russia

thank gd the tzahal is the most moral in the world . the code of ethics they work under puts them at risk and they are bound to it . kol hakavod

The title of this post is not an opinion it is a statement of fact. Yoaz Hendel’s article is a pathetic attempt at self-serving hasbara and obviously assumes that many readers are ignorant of the war crimes and human rights abuses committed by Israelis against Palestinians ever since the military occupation of Palestine began in 1947. War crimes themselves are very clearly defined within International law and the fact that the IDF has committed war crimes is not in doubt, for example: ‘Collective Punishment’ can be described simply as “punishing the majority for the crimes of the few”, Israel has committed this war crimes on a daily basis for the last four years by blockading the Gaza Strip in attempt to ‘punish’ the civilian population of Gaza in order to weaken the Hamas power base and secure the release of a captured IDF soldier. ‘Using civilians as human shields’, this cowardly war crime is actually IDF policy and is utterly unjustifiable. Hendel paints a picture of Palestinians ‘begging’ the IDF to act as human shields, this utter fabrication is laughable when compared to the reports of men, women and even children forced at gunpoint to enter buildings which may contain gunmen or bobby traps or act as actual physical shields to protect the IDF from live fire. ‘Targeting of civilians’ and wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure are clearly war crimes. Top Israeli generals have openly admitted that they have planned and committed attacks against civilian homes and infrastructure. For example General Gadi Eisenkot went on the record to state: "We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired on Israel, and cause immense damage and destruction”. The utter obliteration of entire civilian neighborhoods in Gaza by the IDF/IAF was indiscriminate at best or deliberately planned at worst. The three examples of IDF war crimes listed above are all very well documented and condemned by such bodies as Israeli/International HR Orgs, NGOs, UN, Goldstone, etc. There is nothing hypocritical or hateful about acknowledging Israeli war crimes, such labelling is just an attempt to divert attention away from these war crimes and lessen their impact. Apologists like Hendel will try and defend the IDF in their cowardly and inhumane crimes by whitewashing the truth yet nobody is fooled except a small handful of Ynuts who lap up this hasbara as it reinforces their delusional belief that the IDF is ‘the most moral army in the world’. Until such time as Israel becomes something more than a failed military state and above all stops the occupation of the Palestinians and their land these war crimes will continue. Only by acknowledging, accepting responsibility and addressing these war crimes will Israeli society begin to fix the moral malady which has rooted itself so firmly within the Israeli psyche.

One would think that Israel’s media people and academics would see the danger of allowing Israel to be painted as a genocidal occupier and would speak out and tell the world how tolerant and compassionate Israel has been towards her enemies — a veritable suffering Job among nations. Instead it is the same people in the media and universities who amplify the pro-Arab lies and distortions. They “admit” sins they never committed, and furnish intellectual rationalizations for the most convoluted arguments raised by their adversaries, rather than take up their country’s defense even when its conduct is beyond reproach as explained at : http://xrl.us/bi5da

Have you heard of the atrocities UK soldiers are doing in Afghanistan? The number of civilians your troops murder just for fun is appalling, especially considering that no one (not even your PM) knows why you are in Afghanistan. And what do you say about the revelations that the UK tortures innocents so badly that you will now pay them reparations?

before you accuse Israel of war crimes, check your army in Iraq and Afghanistan... start to clean your own yard, before you clean mine....

convict idf war criminals

Yay! IDF!!!

We are NOT

never questions itself??????? That is the proof.

As far as I am concerned you are heroes and great ones at that. The ones that are criminals are the ones trying to bring charges against you

But at least we're mature enough to ask ourselves the question. I'm sure it isn't that way on the other side.

when it clearly isn't. The fact that not a single army in the world manages to never ever kill civilians when fighting this sort of war should tell you something about the "crimes" you whine about. Note to date not a single person in the world anywhere has successfully prosecuted an Israeli for war crimes of any sort whatsoever.

exactly what "facts" do you bring to bear? Mindlessly parrotting anti-Israeli propaganda?

the true question is : what did preceeds what ? Cast Lead op. or thousand rocket firing to Israel from Gaza ? Think about it before ,whenever you can.Only smart people can.

The relevance is clear. You write whatever distorted out-of-context "facts" you want, but Israel is not committing any war crimes. If Israel is to be accused, it would make sense to first accuse and try countries which deeds are clearly far worse (US, UK, Turkey, Russia, Syria) before accusing Israel. Once a "bright line" is drawn as to what constitutes a war crime (Obama's massacre of 80 Afghans for instance) and what does not, we could discuss Israel's deeds. Unlike the self-righteous Alistair, you know exactly what I meant and bandy terms like "war crime" just for propaganda purposes.

Answer: No they are not. And please note, at least they ask themselves and question and check more than any other army or terror group. How insane to expect a terror group to question its humanity!