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What Really Happens in the World's Most Moral Army

As a proud Israeli leftist who believes in the two-state solution, I should have been a compassionate soldier in Gaza and the West Bank. But this is a story about the corrupting effect of limitless power

Eyal Harel
Eyal Harel
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I, too, was the who served somewhere, at some point, and saw, experienced and did what many good Israelis – those who help old ladies across the street and teach their children not to be violent – insist on not knowing. You know, the kind of things we do in the world’s most moral army.

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