UK Guardian: Videos of Alleged Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

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Israel Policy Forum Announces its Next Chapter with Middle East Progress

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:52pm

Dear Friends and Supporters of Israel Policy Forum:

On behalf of Israel Policy Forum (IPF), including our President Peter Joseph and Chair Larry Zicklin, I am pleased to inform you that IPF is embarking on its next chapter.

2010 Must Be Showtime for Mideast Peace

By David Halperin

Assistant Director, IPF - NY

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 12:27pm

As 2009 draws to a close, we are bombarded by the annual litany of commentary features recapping the year in Hollywood movies to the year in international conflict, and everything in between.

When it comes to the Middle East peace process, current conventional wisdom suggests the 2009 recap might go something like this:

US-Iran Negotiations: Simulation Exercise at INSS

By Institute for National Security Studies

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 9:45am

Ephraim Asculai, Emily B. Landau, and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg

INSS Insight No. 154, December 29, 2009

Despite the tendency to denote any simulation exercise on security issues a "war game," the recent simulation designed and held at INSS did not focus on the option of a military attack. Rather, it developed the scenario of a bilateral US-Iranian negotiation over Iran's nuclear program.

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MJ Rosenberg

former Washington Director of Policy Analysis, Israel Policy Forum

Posted March 23, 2009 - 2:56pm

The big story in Israel for the past few days has been soldiers' testimonies about war crimes in Gaza. VIDEOS HERE

The IDF says it will investigate. Nonetheless, there is a media firestorm. And rightly.

It all begs the question. What does a government expect when it sends teenagers off on a mission like the invasion of Gaza? Gaza is a densely populated area. Surely, neither the government nor the military commanders were shocked that adolescent soldiers may have gone berserk. Or, if not berserk, coldly violent.

Of course, blaming the individual soldier is always easier than blaming the government that sent them. Look at how we pinned Abu Ghraib on privates, not on Cheney, Rumsfeld and Feith,

Nonetheless, these videos are deeply disturbing and, no matter who sent them, the individual soldier does bear his share of responsibility, although not most of it,

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