Israeli Soldiers Banned from Shooting Terrorists [2 Thess 2]

Front Page Mag ^ | 8/12/2015 | Daniel Greenfield

[Jan_Sobieski]

The depressing outcome of the tantrum of political correctness in Israel after the still unsolved arson made headlines and lead to outcries from the left and some of their useful idiots on the right, is that Israelis will be further endangered in the fight against terrorism. The IDF has changed its open-fire instructions for warriors serving in Judea and Samaria, making it even more difficult for them to fire at terrorists.

The new instructions determine that only in cases of real danger to life may the soldier fire at the terrorist's lower limbs. This is a radical change in the longstanding open-fire instructions that call for a soldier to call out warnings to terrorists, then fire in the air several times. If a terrorist ignores these warnings, the soldier was instructed to fire at the terrorist's lower extremities.

The new instructions appear to mean that terrorists can escape the IDF without fear of being shot, after mounting attacks. They also appear to mean that soldiers may not even fire at suspicious approaching figures, even if they continue to approach after having been warned...

[Jan_Sobieski]

Peace is important, but there are different types of peace. Most people seek temporal peace, which many times is at the expense of lasting peace (e.g. drugs, sin, fornication, compromise, etc.). They throw out love, truth, and faith, to grasp a fleeting temporal peace, not realizing that it only makes lasting peace more difficult to obtain.

The paradox is that lasting peace must be fought for because everything in the world militates against it. True lasting peace only comes from one place: the Prince of Peace (Jesus Christ). It is His peace that keeps people from seeking the temporal fleeting peace that brings destruction. How can Israel make peace with groups who delegitimize their existence and want to kill them? The answer is you cannot. How can the west make peace with Islam, a religion committed to global totalitarian rule? The answer is it cannot, unless it submits to Allah.

The Bible shows that those who are willing to fight for eternal peace through faith, hope, love, and truth, will find it. But those who seek temporal peace in this world, without fighting, will only find destruction...

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say , Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child * ; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

[dfwgator]

WTF....Does Bibi know about this?

[Vigilanteman]

Political correctness needs to die soon. Or be slaughtered sooner.

[rktman]

PC ROE will get you killed. Literally.

[themidnightskulker]

Just fire a few warning shots above their knees.

[Bob434]

for crying out loud- these people NEED to stop this crap and declare once and for all that when it comes to DEFENDING themselves they will NEVER apologize for taking the NECESSARY actions it needs to take in order to do so! PERIOD!

Cripes! Enough of this pc BS!

[Jan_Sobieski]

Reagan/Bush would not allow us to have ammunition in our weapons in danger areas. Israel seems to be adopting the US model of enemy engagement.

[spirited irish]

There is a spirit of madness at work here, in Israel and elsewhere. It says there are no enemies except those who believe there are enemies the same as it claims there is no evil except those who insist there is.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Yes! I agree! Up is down and down is up.

[PapaBear3625]

An earlier article, linked to by the above article, clarifies what was being talked about.

If Palestinians were throwing rocks or molotov cocktails at passing cars, Israeli soldiers were previously allowed to shoot-to-wound.

Now, they are only allowed to shoot if there is “real danger of loss of life” -- but are expected to figure this out as a split-second decision.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Rocks and Molotov cocktails kill. How is banning the ability of the IDF to defend themselves going to encourage Palestinians to stop this illegal behavior?

[Jack Hydrazine]

[Jan_Sobieski]

Yep!

[Jack Hydrazine]

The Leftist calling the shots on these policies will be seen as traitors who are protecting the Muzzies.

After the first couple of IDF soldiers die from this new ROE I will not be surprised if those soldiers start turning on their commanders and then start taking care of the situation properly.

I’m telling you right now that this new ROE isn’t going to last long at all.

[SJackson]

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