No to shooting, yes to looting

Many thanks to Oscar for this and to Mooser for this.

In the first selection anti-war.com carries the story of how, in the Gaza pull-out, Israeli soldiers are not allowed to simply kill the settlers as they would kill recalcitrant, or even docile, Palestinians.

Normally we would storm a house killing everyone inside, whereas here we have to storm the house and keep everyone alive.....It’s not an easy job.

In the second, Ha'aretz reports on how two groups of Israeli soldiers have been caught looting the houses of settlers in Gaza.

Case 1

Two infantry soldiers were caught Sunday night as they were attempting to steal equipment from homes in the settlement.

Case 2

In another incident, a Channel 10 television crew captured three soldiers from the Engineering Corps on film as they were carrying a refrigerator from another home in Pe'at Sadeh.

The army is attempting to trace the three suspected soldiers.

Bet they find them quicker than if the victims were Palestinian.