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.
It’s just “people”, sadly. Recently in a small town here in France, a gay school principal killed herself after several years of anonymous harassment. She received no support from the ministry of education, nor the mayor. Reactions from the townspeople, before and after the suicide, amounted to “yeah yeah this is very sad, but have you thought about the damage this will do to the town’s reputation?”