Gabi Ashkenazi

These are the words of IDF Chief Gabi AshkeNazi.. A striking resemblance and parallel to Nazi denial of killing Jews or causing the Holocaust: Nazi Germany was simply moving Jews to what it thought were safer havens for them! Whatever happened at these so-called camps, was unauthorized ! Gabi Ashke N azi said that he did not believe Israeli soldiers harmed Palestinian civilians in “cold blood” during the offensive in the Gaza Strip, in his first response to a Haaretz expose revealing testimonies given by troops who served in Operation Cast lead. Nazis in Jewish cloth? Haaretz last week published a report detailing IDF ... Read Full Story

Uri Dromi writing in today’s Guardian newspaper tells us, “ Don’t judge Israel’s war crimes” . It is a reasonable request. Any allegations of wrongdoings do need to be fully investigated prior to drawing conclusions, even though the allegations of the use of human shields are severely troubling. We will also agree with some of Dromi’s points in the article that the IDF has been judged in a rushed and harsh manner in the past. It is not the crimes in the heat of war that are causing the outrage, though as condemnable as these are, they are at least contextual in the fear ... Read Full Story

The military says an Israeli soldier stole a decorative pistol and a credit card from the office of the chief of staff. The story of the July burglary surfaced last week, but the military disclosed only on Sunday that the theft occurred in the office of the chief of staff. The military said the thief served in Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi's security unit and had regular access to the chief of staff's office. The pistol, a gift, was hanging on Ashkenazi's wall and was not operational. The military said the soldier sold the credit card to civilians, who went on a shopping spree. Read Full Story

Sergeant Major Eldad Regev was finally laid to rest yesterday after his body was returned fom Lebanon by Hizbollah. We mourn with the Regev family and all Israel in this time of sorow. May Ha Shem grant you His Shalom and the comfort of Messiah. This report from Leah Lekarev in Israel: The bodies of Udi Golwasser and Eldad Regev were held at the Shraga IDF camp in the north until yesterday morning when they were brought at the respective times to the cemeteries where they would be interred. On departing from the base for the last time, officers stood in salute to their ... Read Full Story

After year of prayer for the release of captures soldiers, two were returned this morning to Israel, but not alive. May the families of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev find comfort in the definitive knowledge of this situation and be comforted among the mourners of Zion. –Dave 9:41AM IL: The International Red Cross has just shown the coffins of IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, confirming intelligence reports that the two are not among the living. 10:08AM IL: A short time ago, two coffins, presumably containing the remains of IDF reservists Sergeant-Major Ehud Goldwasser and Staff-Sergeant Eldad Regev, were returned to Israel by ... Read Full Story