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EgoTripWire Mar 30, 2026 +202

A whole battalion? Uh huh.

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ATangK Mar 30, 2026 +38

For like a day. On pay. And back to murder tomorrow once more journalists come in.

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CapGlass3857 Mar 30, 2026 +89

Nope. Reading the article isn’t hard. “The battalion will remain in reserve service and will undergo a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations. The battalion will resume operational activity upon completion of this process and subject to the decision of the Commander of the Central Command,” the military said in a statement.

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Spursfan14 Mar 30, 2026 +59

lol so they’re going on an IDF training course and that’s going to help?

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BuffaloInCahoots Mar 30, 2026 +48

They will teach them how not to get caught.

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ZLUCremisi Mar 30, 2026 +2

Only attack reporters on our kill list. Especially if they are not tied to western media

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dickermuffer Mar 30, 2026 +8

Literally Nothing is ever good enough with you people.

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observemedia Mar 30, 2026 +19

I mean a bad unit is usually dismantled and a new unit is started up in its place with new personnel and the old is distributed across the other units

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GoodBadUserName Mar 30, 2026 +1

IDF have disbanded battalions in the past. Saying “they will go back into training” usually means they are going to investigate and kick the problematic leaders/soldiers out of the battalion, send the rest into a few classes, and sends them back into a different location or into guarding duties for awhile while they shift battalions around. It was a small team of soldiers who were problematic, so bringing in the whole battalion means changes in leadership as well.

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CharmingPerspective0 Mar 30, 2026 +3

Well its not as easy while at war. IDF still need its soldiers and cant easily just remove a whole battalion completely. I do think there should be more consequences to the soldiers for that act, as the soldier clearly needs some mental health assessment.

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Bubbly-Magician-- Mar 30, 2026 +3

Is there a case of a "bad" battalion being disbanded before? (in the IDF or another military?)

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Seeker-N7 Mar 30, 2026 +3

IIRC Canada dismantled it's airborne regiment due to too many soldiers doing war crimes and they didn't have enough people to actually have a regiment anymore. EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia_affair

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Bubbly-Magician-- Mar 30, 2026 +1

Interesting - thanks for the info!

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Northbound-Narwhal Mar 30, 2026 +8

I mean they could start with the bare minimum instead of nothing.

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Spursfan14 Mar 30, 2026

The only way you’d know that would if they’d ever actually tried to do anything. They haven’t.

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Citizenwoof Mar 30, 2026 +1

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NagyLebowski Mar 30, 2026 -18

Would you prefer beheadings? /s Viewing those you oppose as caricatures of evil comes off as truly dull.

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boxesofcats- Mar 30, 2026 +21

….you really can’t think of anything between an internal training course and execution? lmao

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NagyLebowski Mar 30, 2026 -7

Sarcasm dude. Added an “/s” for folks unable to grasp that. Training is exactly what was needed here.

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Embarrassed_Neck9829 Mar 30, 2026 +10

What was needed here was disbandment. You can't fix deep organizational issues like this with a slideshow on ethics.

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Spursfan14 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Are the people training them going to be upstanding pillars of moral virtues? Or are they going to be more IDF thugs?

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manhwabitch Mar 30, 2026 +4

Basically gonna tell them not to talk so much to the CNN crew next time. They gave away too much info

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christhewelder75 Mar 30, 2026 -3

Oh, well, if the idf made a public statement, it **must** be true..... I trust them to tell the truth about as much as i trust pete kegsbreath around a bottle of jack Daniels

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NagyLebowski Mar 30, 2026 -5

Yeah but that’s only if you find facts that don’t mesh with your worldview to be uncomfortable. Try taking the refreshing step of reevaluating your priors.

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Competitive-Emu-7411 Mar 30, 2026 +22

Considering this is the same battalion that Biden dropped potential sanctions against because the IDF claimed that they had totally already taken care of the whole extremism and murdering civilians thing, I really don’t have much faith that whatever they do now will be very substantive or effective.

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christhewelder75 Mar 30, 2026 +19

What "facts"? The idf has killed more journalists in the last 3 years than all other recent conflicts combined. The only reason they are "holding this battalion accountable" is because they allowed the journalist to record them and leave with the video. They did nothing to stop the Israeli settlers in the video, and they have done nothing to stop Israeli settlers from stealing palastinian land in the past, and they will continue to do nothing to stop them in the future. Prove me wrong, show me some examples of idf soldiers stepping in to protect palastinians from having their homes and farms burned by illegal settlers.

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AndWinterCame Mar 30, 2026 +1

Well, yeah, they let the press film them. Didn't you see the influencer making the rounds telling them *not* to let themselves be filmed committing war crimes and taking care of journalists? They need retraining obviously.

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Bukkokori Mar 30, 2026 +1

>The battalion will remain in reserve service and will undergo a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations Yes, they’re going to teach them not to leave any witnesses from the American press. Next time, they’ll kill everyone and claim it was Palestinian child terrorists.

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isaacfisher Mar 30, 2026 +5

they are reservists, there's no much pay anyway.

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shumpitostick Mar 30, 2026 +3

Reservists in Israel gets paid pretty well

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isaacfisher Mar 30, 2026 +14

IDF Reservists compensated based on their civilian salaries (with minor bonuses when doing long period of deployment). For the majority of the population they are worst financially when going to reserve duty.

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shumpitostick Mar 30, 2026 -9

Yes, they get paid their salary but have minimal expenses while deployed. It's not bad financially.

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isaacfisher Mar 30, 2026 +10

I wish that was true 😊

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compsciphd Mar 30, 2026 +1

Tell that to people with families that only have one parent at home managing everything.

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debordisdead Mar 30, 2026 +47

Reserve component of Netzah Yehuda? Oh yeah. For clarity, these are mostly guys who sign up pretty much to bash Palestinian heads. It got so bad that the main battalion got exiled for a while to the Golan Heights, where there was much less arabs to abuse. The IDF head honcho's are kinda between a rock and a hard place: on one hand, they don't really want to send these kinds of guys to police the West Bank for obvious reasons. On the other hand, increasingly these are the only type of guys who reliably show up for miluim in combat roles.

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Material_Ad_554 Mar 30, 2026 +63

> “The battalion will remain in reserve service and will undergo a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations. The battalion will resume operational activity upon completion of this process and subject to the decision of the Commander of the Central Command,” the military said in a statement. So basically nothing happens to them except a vacation from the ‘battlefield’

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SomewhatHungover Mar 30, 2026 +17

What battlefield? They're in the West Bank.

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Material_Ad_554 Mar 30, 2026 +11

Hence the quotes my dude

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3rd-party-intervener Mar 29, 2026 +233

Imagine what they do to Palestine people if this is what they do to western media people

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remiieddit Mar 29, 2026 +109

There are enough YouTube videos and reports about that unfortunately…

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drinkduffdry Mar 30, 2026 +14

Yeah, none of this is surprising

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AugustOfChaos Mar 30, 2026 +33

We don’t need to imagine, it’s pretty well documented at this point.

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Original_Ad7078 Mar 30, 2026 +11

https://aurdip.org/en/42-knees-in-one-day-israeli/ Luckily the CNN journalist can still walk

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -96

>***Imagine what they do to Palestine people if this is what they do to western media people*** Missing the key part of the story. The IDF itself said this behavior was unacceptable, opened an investigation, and even suspended the battalion involved. That’s what accountability looks like. Unlike most countries in the region, something like this **wouldn’t even be acknowledged,** let alone investigated or punished. And if we’re talking about how people are actually treated, the Iranian regime has killed tens of thousands of its own people over the years, especially during crackdowns on protests, with **zero** accountability - and barely crickets from so called "justice warriors" on this and other platforms. The point is that when something goes wrong, Israel addresses it and takes action.

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christhewelder75 Mar 30, 2026 +30

They are "being held accountable" because they allowed the journalist to leave with the video. >The point is that when something goes wrong, Israel addresses it and takes action. You are kidding right? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/middleeast/israel-detainee-abuse-charges.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-probe-finds-no-negligence-by-troops-in-accidental-killing-of-farmer-in-north/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israeli-strike-kills-journalists-lebanon-9.7145819 https://cpj.org/special-reports/record-129-press-members-killed-in-2025-israel-responsible-for-2-of-3-of-deaths/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/14/gaza-israelis-attacking-known-aid-worker-locations Israel writes murder off as "collateral damage" regularly. So dont give us that bullshit about addressing and correcting when "things go wrong"

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -16

>***So dont give us that bullshit about addressing and correcting when "things go wrong"*** Do you usually just drop a bunch of links without explaining them, as if to say, “Here figure it out yourself”? You’re avoiding actually making an argument.

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christhewelder75 Mar 30, 2026 +22

Sorry for assuming you had basic literacy skills. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/middleeast/israel-detainee-abuse-charges.html Israeli government drops charges against 5 soldiers who abused and raped palastinian prisoners after massive public pressure to allow rapists to walk free because its ok to r*** palastinians. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israeli-strike-kills-journalists-lebanon-9.7145819 the idf targeted a vehicle killing 3 journalist in Southern Lebanon, then claim, without offering any evidence, one was "a spy" This was a week after they targeted a british journalist https://cpj.org/2026/03/israeli-strike-injures-russia-today-crew-in-southern-lebanon/ https://cpj.org/special-reports/record-129-press-members-killed-in-2025-israel-responsible-for-2-of-3-of-deaths/ Israel has been responsible for 2/3 journalist killed in 2025, and more than all journalist killed than all other wars in recent history (feel free to point to any stories of those responsible being "held accountable") https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/14/gaza-israelis-attacking-known-aid-worker-locations The idf has mudered hundreds of aid workers in gaza, from un workers to medics and first responders. Has anyone been "held accountable" or issues "addressed"? The idf lies, claims they had "legitimate targets" for bombing hospitals, schools, aid workers, journalists, sniping children, sniping doctors, bombing refugee tents. Hell did they hold anyone accountable for shooting the escaped Israeli hostages? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67745092 How about those who murdered hind rijab and her family, along with all the rescue workers the idf cleared to go try and save her?https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68261286

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -14

>***Sorry for assuming you had basic literacy skills.*** Obviously, you haven't read the articles, for example - [Israel Drops Case Against Soldiers Accused of Abusing Palestinian Detainee - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/middleeast/israel-detainee-abuse-charges.html) You claim that - >***Israeli government drops charges against 5 soldiers who abused and raped palastinian prisoners after massive public pressure to allow rapists to walk free because its ok to r*** palastinians.*** That’s not actually what the article says. The soldiers weren’t charged with r*** in the final indictment; they were charged with abuse and causing severe injury. The case was dropped because prosecutors said they couldn’t meet the legal standard: unclear footage, conflicting testimony, and the detainee wasn’t available to testify.

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Damaniel2 Mar 30, 2026 +9

Glad you found the one article that you could find a 'flaw' in. Now how about all those others that show Israel's ongoing, reckless disregard for journalists (and peace workers, and anyone else they could argue is a Hamas member if they squint enough).

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +6

>***Glad you found the one article that you could find a 'flaw' in.*** I didn’t “find a flaw”. I pointed out that your cousin **misrepresented** what the article actually says. It called misinformation.

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hbtljose13 Mar 30, 2026 +10

How bout the other articles he linked that showed Israel’s crimes ?

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Cyan-ranger Mar 30, 2026 +59

Just stop. Israel have already shown they don’t care about palestinian detainees. They dropped the charges against the soldiers that abused and raped detainees in Gaza.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -47

>***Just stop. Israel have already shown they don’t care about palestinian detainees. They dropped the charges against the soldiers that abused and raped detainees in Gaza.*** One case out of many doesn’t prove a systemic issue, it proves incidents happen. What matters is how they’re handled

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Cyan-ranger Mar 30, 2026 +37

Yeah exactly what matters is how handle it and in this case they dropped all charges against the soldiers because they don’t care about Palestinian detainees.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -30

Doesn't seem like you know the specifics of the case b/c you keep on using this one case to say that "they don’t care about Palestinian detainees."

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ChaoticSenior Mar 30, 2026 +4

Hi, what part of Chicago? I used to live there! What street? Cubs or Sox?

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ChaoticSenior Mar 30, 2026 +6

Oh wait, you don’t really live in Chicago do you.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -5

>***Hi, what part of Chicago? I used to live there! What street? Cubs or Sox?*** >***Oh wait, you don’t really live in Chicago do you.*** At least your consistent adding little to no value to the conversation. Next.

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BrightAnalysis1955 Mar 30, 2026 +24

They were supposed to be sanctioned by Biden and the IDF assured him they would take care of it so Biden backed off. So what happened? What action did Israel take when they told Biden they would correct this? Clearly didn’t work. “US President Joe Biden’s administration considered sanctioning Netzah Yehuda in 2024 over alleged gross human rights violations against Palestinians, citing reports of killings, beatings and other abuses. The plan was dropped after Israel provided information indicating that the IDF had taken corrective actions.” They have been doing this, and IDF keeps saying they will correct it.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +6

This is literally what the report is about - taking action, which they did.

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BrightAnalysis1955 Mar 30, 2026 +22

And a year later when they do it again you will post the same thing?

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026

If you're going to make silly arguments, then it's pointless. Toodles!

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BrightAnalysis1955 Mar 30, 2026 +32

What? The IDF already lied to Biden saying they corrected the group. Clearly didn’t happen.. Now they are saying the same thing. Then when it happens again, they will do the same thing. And again. Do you genuinely believe that Israel is incapable of lying?

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Kahzgul Mar 30, 2026 +14

“Other nations hypothetically suck” is a terrible excuse for Israel actually sucking. Edit: people downvoting this as if someone else being a murderer makes it okay for you to also murder people.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +4

>***“Other nations hypothetically suck”*** You should have been a poet.

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 30, 2026 +19

This is not accountability. Accountability would be to arrest, remove them from active duty and prosecute them to jail them. Nothing is going to happen just like the rapist soldiers.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +9

>***This is not accountability.*** My man - pretending that the unit was not suspended and being investigated - just isn’t factual.

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RectumBuccaneer Mar 30, 2026 +17

>“The battalion will remain in reserve service and will undergo a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations. The battalion will resume operational activity upon completion of this process and subject to the decision of the Commander of the Central Command,” the military said in a statement. If you think a lack of training is what lead to this situation I have a bridge to sell you. The battalion should be dishonorably discharged, anything less is a lack of accountability.

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Mission_Scale_860 Mar 30, 2026 +8

Of course it was lack of training if the battalion misbehaved.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +3

>***anything less is a lack of accountability.*** Thanks for the moral clarity - Rectum Buccaneer

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 30, 2026 +4

The rapists were also "suspended" (still got paid and were on admnistrative duty) and were investigated (and cleared from any wrong doing). You're lauding them from doing the bare minimum, accountability is actually punishing them. There's no actual benefit of the doubt needed here, these soldiers are guilty.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +8

>***The rapists were also "suspended" (still got paid and were on admnistrative duty) and were investigated (and cleared from any wrong doing).*** >***You're lauding them from doing the bare minimum, accountability is actually punishing them. There's no actual benefit of the doubt needed here, these soldiers are guilt*** You’re taking one case out of many and using it to claim there’s a systemic problem? The Sde Teiman detention facility case where a Gaza detainee was allegedly abused. The IDF opened a criminal investigation, arrested suspects, and even indicted five reservists. In 2026, the indictment was withdrawn due to evidentiary issues **(including the complainant being back in Gaza)**, so it ended without a conviction, but it was clearly investigated and pursued.

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 30, 2026 -1

You do you. I'm taking all the crimes commited, but many don't even go this sham investigation step, just won't laud for the bare minimum when nothing changes and they keep commiting crimes without any punishment. When they actually punish criminal soldiers and actually reform their rules of engagement i will change my position, until then, meh.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +9

>***You do you.*** Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 30, 2026 +4

Well, the facts of the situation are clear. You're just disputing them because you don't like them.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 +7

>***Well, the facts of the situation are clear. You're just disputing them because you don't like them.*** If you say so, it must be true. God bless your heart.

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meeni131 Mar 30, 2026 -9

They were cleared of r*** long before the investigation wrapped up, because no r*** occurred. They were charged with use of excessive force.

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Mission_Scale_860 Mar 30, 2026 -7

Hopefully they are presumed innocent until proven guilty like everyone else.

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 30, 2026 +6

I'm sure they will be found innocent, but hey, they at least investigated themselves and found nothing wrong, they were accountabable !

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Mission_Scale_860 Mar 30, 2026 +3

I hope the ones that assaulted the CNN team goes to prison after someone else investigated the alleged crime.

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Dalmahr Mar 30, 2026 +9

There was a story covered by sky news and channel 4.about a baby who was tortured by having cigarettes put out on them and nails in their legs.. To try to get the baby's father to confess to something. They aren't above anything at this point.

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HiFromChicago Mar 30, 2026 -1

>***There was a story covered by sky news and channel 4.about a baby who was tortured by having cigarettes put out on them and nails in their legs.. To try to get the baby's father to confess to something. They aren't above anything at this point.*** You mean the same story where that Jawad's father was a Hamas member who used him as a human shield?

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AnewTest Mar 30, 2026 +4

Suspends? The proper response would be to round them all up and throw them in prison.

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Flexbottom Mar 30, 2026 +10

Only because they got caught

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jenny_905 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Yeah right. They did nothing about troops that shot at EU politicians and diplomats.

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Sensitive-Report-787 Mar 30, 2026

I don’t believe this. What proof is there that the people involved are being punished?

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isaacfisher Mar 30, 2026 +3

too many cases with this battalion. They need some disciplinary

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Reuef Mar 30, 2026 +5

Well you believe CNN when they say that it happened but do not believe them when they report on punishment of the offenders?

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Rehberkintosh Mar 30, 2026 +8

One of those things happened on camera.

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BrightAnalysis1955 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Yea, how long for the protest to start and then they get awarded medals for being heroes. You can’t make this shit up: “In recent years, however, the battalion – primarily stationed in the West Bank – has attracted members of radical right-wing settler groups such as the “Hilltop Youth.” Really? Hilltop Youth? Was Hitler’s Youth taken?

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Mission_Scale_860 Mar 30, 2026 -5

Good that swift action was taken. That battalion needs more training so it was good that it was removed from the west bank.

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Intoxicating_Piss_69 Mar 30, 2026 +52

More training? A dishonorable discharge seems more deserving.

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default3612 Mar 30, 2026 +24

Straight to jail for a few years IMO (as an Israeli)

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Mission_Scale_860 Mar 30, 2026 +15

For the offending soldiers sure but not the whole battalion

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ttinchung111 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Probably jail the offending soldiers and restructure the entire battalion that shit is cooked start over.

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debordisdead Mar 30, 2026 +9

More training ain't gonna make hilltop youth stop being hilltop youth, bruh.

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big_stipd_idiot Mar 30, 2026 -4

Yeah but if they had more training they probably would have just gunned them all down instead.

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inomorr Mar 30, 2026 +3

Next month's headline: Israel reverses suspension of battalion involved in assaulting news crew. Battalion members unhappy at having to return from state-sponsored vacation in seaside resort.

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odbxdbo Mar 30, 2026 -6

Isreal just shifting em like Catholic pedophiles -😂 pedos mad apparently

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MezzoSoaprano Mar 30, 2026 +1

Suspends? Will they also investigate, find nothing and pay them a bonus?

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Thurak0 Mar 30, 2026

> In recent years, however, the battalion – primarily stationed in the West Bank I don't know what the IDF expects from putting them there. Maybe they should be in south Lebanon doing military stuff.

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isaacfisher Mar 30, 2026 -2

wdym? if it's not them than it'll be someone else - someone has to watch it eventually?

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nonquitt Mar 30, 2026 -3

I mean, they are still using war and terror to conquer their way to Israel’s biblical borders (and probably beyond), so what, are we supposed to clap? How about you stop using my country as a mercenary service and then we’ll talk

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4everadumdum Mar 30, 2026

They let go the 5 or 6 soldiers caught raping a Palestinian man. I'm sure this 2hoke battalion is in big trouble.

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meeni131 Mar 30, 2026 -3

No soldiers were caught "raping a Palestinian man". There was a charge of excessive use of force against a nukhba terrorist. Any suspicion of sexual abuse was cleared nearly instantly because there was no evidence of anything like that occuring after multiple doctors examined him.

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jenny_905 Mar 30, 2026 +6

Those trustworthy IDF doctors. They raped that prisoner and everyone knows it. They raped the girl in Cyprus too.

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meeni131 Mar 30, 2026 -7

No, they didnt. But are you british? England is r*** capital of the world, you know.

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4everadumdum Mar 30, 2026 +2

There is a video of it. The idiots tried to hid behind their shields.

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Roadshell Mar 30, 2026 -2

Uh huh, clearly they're not being punished for brutalizing Palestinians or even journalists but for being stupid enough to say the quiet parts loud in front of western cameras. And the "punishment" is probably just media training.

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RodChainFurlongAcre Mar 30, 2026 +1

Someone explain to me how the IDF sees it as wise to station specifically Ultra-orthodox battalions (An Israeli demographic with some of the strongest ethnonationalist and anti-arab sentiment) to police the West Bank of all places? Do they want situations like this to occur?

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debordisdead Mar 30, 2026 +1

Netzah Yehuda isn't really an ultra orthodox battalion. I mean it was certainly established to be such, but in the end it became a magnet for national-religious types, especially those involved in the ideological settler thing. The ultra-orthodox are generally not big on the right wing ideological thing, or at least as it relates to the OPT's. Don't ask how they relate to more "progressive" attitudes on the other side of the green line lol. As for why these fella's get to police the west bank, it's the simple problem: these days, these are who opt in to carrying a gun. This isn't even the worst of it, regional defense units have been organised comprised largely of settlers in settlements who mostly act as vigilantes and thugs. But the IDF has been stretched extremely thin by the conflicts the Knesset has dragged them into that relying on these kinds of guys is the only way to keep their numbers up. And if one wants to be conspiratorial perhaps it is by design by the fellows jn the Knesset, who have a bit of a troubled relationship with their generals.

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compsciphd Mar 30, 2026 +1

Ulta orthodox is the least nationalist. They are the community that cares the least about the state and are fighting the effort to draft them.

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no_sight Mar 30, 2026 -1

Sounds like they are gonna get a medal for this.

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EstimatedProphet303 Mar 30, 2026 -11

Someone’s battalion is pulling semen collection duty for the next month

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Leading-Caramel-7740 Mar 30, 2026 -6

Why? They were nice compared to the usual targeted strikes of press.

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DogonYaro Mar 30, 2026

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tsarHABSka-tet Mar 30, 2026 -2

Wtf?!?

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