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I Haaretz idag kommenterar IDF ytterligare anklagelserna från Breaking the silence gällande anklagelser om användande av mänskliga sköldar:

While the officer confirmed that Palestinians were indeed used to sweep houses in search of militants, he claimed that the soldier had described the incidents out of context, and that the local residents had offered to enter homes first.

”The prevention of civilian casualties and the implementation of selective house searches, while avoiding massive use of gunfire, were especially upheld in the sector in which the unit operated,” he said.

”People within the unit risked their own lives to avoid harming the innocent,” he added. ?The simplest solution as far as the unit was concerned was to order two tank shells be fired into every suspicious house. But in reality, we used a completely different method.”

”Two Palestinians, one of them the clan leader, appealed to the commanders and offered to enter first so as to prevent damage to the houses,” said the officer. ”On several occasions, we would find whole families huddled in a tiny room upon entering the home, and we thought that it was a good solution. It’s far from a human shield. We didn’t hide behind anyone. The whole idea was to prevent innocent people from being harmed by taking the risks upon ourselves.”

When asked if he was aware of the High Court ruling forbidding all forms of the ”neighbor procedure,” the officer said that the commanders believed they were acting within the limits of the law. He said the sole purpose of their actions was the prevention of civilian casualties and ”unnecessary collateral damage.”

Denna information förtjänar att komma ut i svenska tidningar, som igår använde hela sin publicistiska kraft för att publicera de anonyma soldaternas uppgifter. Det är, för att använda Ralph Haglunds ord, som att hälla bensin på elden för israelhatarna i Sverige.

Det är svårt att tro att svenska medier upprätthåller sitt publicistiska ansvar. Mer angeläget än eventuella missförhållanden i mellanöstern är det dags att diskutera svenska mediers vinkling av samma konflikt.

UPPDATERING: Se även denna artikel från jerusalem post.