Several months ago I wrote about how the Israeli army was caught in a blatant lie regarding the bombing of Shehada. Apparently that lie began to reverberate and led to a large number of Israeli pilots openly declaring their refusal to serve. One of those pilots speaks out and explains how he now sees his actions as war crimes.
“We do not believe the head of State, the Minister of Defense and the highest of our commanders, when they send us to send rockets to places where, afterwards, we learn that we killed women and children. When Air Force Chief Dan Halutz lies to the press–then nonsense is written in the newspapers. But when Dan Halutz lies to the pilots–innocent citizens are killed, or, as we call them today: non-involved persons. (quoted from the Terminator).”