Quote of the Week: 20.12.07

"The best thing is that you're not obliged to follow any laws or rules. You feel like you are the law. You are the law. You decide. It's as if the moment you leave Israel and pass through the Erez Checkpoint into the Gaza Strip, you are the law. You are God."

(מה שהכי חשוב זה שזה מוריד ממך את העול של החוק. אתה מרגיש שאתה החוק. אתה החוק. אתה הקובע... כאילו מהרגע שאתה יורד מהמקום שנקרא ארץ ישראל ונכנס לתוך מחסום ארז לתוך רצועת עזה, אתה החוק. אתה אלוהים. )

- comment by one of the IDF soldiers interviewed by Israeli psychologist Nofer Ishai-Karen. Cited by Dalia Karpel in an article entitled The Person Who Gets People To Talk/המדובבת which was published in Ha'aretz's Hebrew edition on 21 Sept 2007, but did not appear in the English edition. (Translation mine).

The photo - An Israeli soldier slashes the tires on Palestinian private cars on 11 Jan 2003, following the new closure imposed on the Occupied Territories - is via CSCAweb.

Related Links -

Report: Israel rarely prosecutes troops;
How To Get Away With Murder;
Justice For The Kfar Qatana Three!;
Does This Uzi Make My Ass Look Fat?;
The Bart Simpson Defense.