A story that is making big press throughout Israel, the Middle East, and even the United States focuses on personal stories from combat soldiers in the Gaza offensive omitting to blatant killing of civilians. Many of the articles discuss the how far "the IDF has fallen in the realm of ethics". Recently, at a lecture that I attended on International Humanitarian Law, the lecturer noted that, as a soldier, abandoning one's orders for the sake of integrity in war is not something that is widely taught. The tendency in training soldiers is to teach them to complete their mission at all costs. It may be an official IDF policy that soldiers can abandon their mission if war ethics are at risk, but this mentality is not what is consistently ingrained into their brains. Because soldiers are taught throughout their training to complete their mission, abandoning a war mission for moral reasons is rarely the choice of soldiers. These articles and video demonstrate the thoughts of the lecturer on International Humanitarian Law.
Articles:
From Ha'aretz
From The New York Times
Video:
From Al-Jazeera
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