Troops keep recording their own misconduct, including smashing a statue of Jesus in Lebanon, but the army claims progress in curbing posts that fuel international criticism and risk operational security
“What we’ve seen in the current conflict is it’s not just the volume [of the posts], but it’s also the fact that soldiers don’t shy away from uploading videos, sometimes with their face,” or other identifying features, said Eran Shamir-Borer, director of the Center for Security and Democracy at the Israel Democracy Institute. “They’re not even ashamed of what they’re doing.”
They would need to have a cultural shift to stop soldiers from pridefully sharing their war crimes. In their twisted minds they think what they are doing is awesome.
Exactly. Why are these young people doing it? Because they’re showing off to their friends. Look at these Arabs I roughed up!”
Israeli social media today is what social media in the 1930s would look under Jim Crow, complete with lynching videos being posted. The settlers are gleefully posting videos of themselves bullying Palestinians out of their homes.
“What we’ve seen in the current conflict is it’s not just the volume [of the posts], but it’s also the fact that soldiers don’t shy away from uploading videos, sometimes with their face,” or other identifying features, said Eran Shamir-Borer, director of the Center for Security and Democracy at the Israel Democracy Institute. “They’re not even ashamed of what they’re doing.”
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That behavior is ingrained from childhood.
They would need to have a cultural shift to stop soldiers from pridefully sharing their war crimes. In their twisted minds they think what they are doing is awesome.
Exactly. Why are these young people doing it? Because they’re showing off to their friends. Look at these Arabs I roughed up!”
Israeli social media today is what social media in the 1930s would look under Jim Crow, complete with lynching videos being posted. The settlers are gleefully posting videos of themselves bullying Palestinians out of their homes.