Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leak of footage showing ostensible abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman “caused enormous reputational damage to Israel, to the IDF, and to our soldiers.”
“It is perhaps the most serious public-relations attack Israel has experienced since its founding — I cannot recall one so concentrated and intense,” he continues.
Note: the soldiers are accused, including in statements from medical staff, of gang raping a Palestinian prisoner with a knife.
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
I’ve seen that wisdom cut the wrong way sometimes, but in this case it’s true.
If it’s cut by the truth it deserves to be cut.