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2 Palestinians breach IDF base; assault soldier
Itamar Fleishman
Published: 21.12.12, 14:04
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31. watchman
james ,   UK   (12.21.12)
Those who watch over Zion and Jerusalem shall never sleep or ............
32. MOST OF THE SOLUTION.................#11
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.21.12)
Are always proposed by you.Why don't you ask them to make you one of guards.You may prove your worth with all the suggestions you make.
33. unless you were in the army...
ilan ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (12.21.12)
STFU! You don't shoot first! soldiers are people like everyone else, most of them are just 1 to 2 years out of high school!! some of them don't even want to be there, let alone kill! it's called being Civilized! not all of us are trained to be commandos! not all of us can react on the spot as well as you can in hindsight. thank god, that the only thing that was missing in the end was the weapon and not the soldier as well! lesson learned!
34. I Just Completed An Investigation & Here Is My Verdict
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (12.21.12)
The young man was doing what everyone mindlessly does these days - play with their smartphones. I guarantee that that if they check his phone records they'll find texting and other activity when he should have been alert. I bet if they confiscate their phones during guard duty, they'll be much more alert.
35. What on earth has happened to Israel?
Moragh   (12.21.12)
I definitely have the impresion that an enemy would have no problem getting in to Israel if he wanted to. It must be this present generation at fault. Young men with too little to no experience. I hate to think that the Israeli soldier is perhaps being left to "get on with it". I never saw anythin g like this happen when Ashkenazi was in charge.
36. to 15
(12.21.12)
they do their job to get sallary no more
37. #34 Beth - I just tossed your "Verdict"
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.21.12)
They are forbidden to have cellphones on base, because they cause to many problems
38. #32 MAHMOOD - I, AT ONE TIME WAS
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   MACHAL   (12.21.12)
ONE OF THE GUARDS, why not have your differences of opinion with me?
39. 323 State of Delusion
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.21.12)
Who are your serving with, PA or Hamas ?
40. #14 Gabe - Canada
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.21.12)
Great idea, make the trip & blow your bugle in their ears, otherwise, it's impossible to hear your all the way from Canada
41. #22 Ilan - You challenge first
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.21.12)
if no answer, then you shoot You don't have to be Commando, an ordinalry foot soldiier with minimal training can pull the trigger
42. #27, Ben Jabo ( Machal)
Gabe ,   Canada   (12.22.12)
I am not Observer my friend. Observer is # 19
43. TO Ben Jabo
Hertzel ,   Tveria   (12.21.12)
It pains me to say what I said, but you know it is the truth. I served in the IDF in the seventies, I know what it was and what it has become.... I like your writing usually, and respect your opinion, but what I said here is the truth and you know it, saying otherwise will not change the facts.
44. how many blunders before IDF adopts proper procedure?
rick ,   walnut creek   (12.21.12)
this is another, of the many, disgraceful examples of IDF sloppiness, dereliction, inattention. there is no excuse for it. at the command level, there is too much dead wood. get rid of it. SHAPE UP!!!
45. #33 Thank you for this
Ben Alofs ,   Bangor, UK   (12.21.12)
An appropriate and common sense response to some of the hysterical reactions here by armchair warriors who never have experienced situations like this on the ground.
46. Weak attempts to defend this incident
Steve   (12.22.12)
One does not need to be in the military to recognize unprofessional behavior. This carries forth to any position, you would not accept a firefighter with a fire phobia, or a lifeguard to be a nonswimmer. A professional soldier standing guard is not an unarmed semi retired mall security officer. I stand by my assertion that the stolen equipment, assaults, and kidnapping/near kidnappings at Israeli bases are absolutely unacceptable and reveal a deficiancy in training and personnel. If you disagree, as the saying goes, "tell it to the Marines!"
47. it is clear that talkbackes like 1 and 11
computer worriors   (12.22.12)
never saw a gun or military base in their life. The attackers could have been his buddies, unless you know for sure you don't shoot. Better lose a weapon than a buddy solder.
48. Sounds like the dudes brought in some pot
Miron ,   USA   (12.22.12)
but sabra they expected to find and share fun with was replaced with recent Russian immigree...
49. #20 Hertzel from Tveria...and can you tell
Arlene ,   Israel   (12.22.12)
us were the combat units would be without those you call Jobniks! These boys do their national service and thats what is important...so dont be so opinionated!
50. Sarah B ABC's
big bad Jew ,   United States   (12.22.12)
A- Annex B-build C-Capitol all of Jerusalem. Shabbat Shalom.
51. Shoot first ask questions later..
big bad Jew ,   United States   (12.22.12)
and, BUILD BABY BUILD !!
52. #47 BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.22.12)
When operating under dangerous circumstances, everyone in the must know the proper password Aluf Mickey Marcus in 1948, didn't, he was shot by one of his own sentries, he's now buried at West Point, NY That wespon that your recommend losing, could come back and bite you and your buddies in the ass
53. #9 Steve -- What of the thousands
BEN JABO (MACHALL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.23.12)
of U.S. soldiers missing in Korea or Vietnam, do you think they walked off all by themselves ?
54. #10 Sol, very inspiring
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.23.12)
The Lishkat HaGiyus is wating for you to enlist
55. #13 Johannes - When was the last
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (12.23.12)
time that you had served in the IDF, since you're making comparison's?
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