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April 7, 2016

The Shooting of a Downed Terrorist Is a Violation of the IDF’s Rules, Not a Societal Crisis

Israel’s army and society are morally strong and resilient.

For the past two weeks, the Israeli public has been consumed by a debate over whether an Israeli soldier’s shooting of a wounded Palestinian terrorist in the aftermath of a stabbing attack was justified. The soldier now faces criminal charges. Evaluating the episode, and its fallout, Asa Kasher—who wrote the IDF’s code of ethics—writes:

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