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- initialism Israel Defense Forces
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Examples
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I guess Yeela Raanan, Israeli mother of a 20-year old serving in the IDF is a rampant anti-semite.
Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It 2009
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But why should the Israelis be trusted to investigate themselves, when the IDF is already putting out clumsily fabricated propaganda?
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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"Seven Israeli human rights groups file complaint with military advocate general chief, attorney general regarding what they describe as IDF's 'inhumane, appalling treatment' of Palestinian detainees during Gaza op."
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 As'ad 2009
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Anat Kamm, an former IDF soldier who copied about 2,000 secret IDF documents and leaked them to a Haaretz reporter, told the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) that she thought that by exposing what she termed IDF "war crimes," she would herself be vindicated one day as the person who exposed said "crimes,"
Israelated - English Israel blogs jamesbiga 2010
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Anat Kamm, an former IDF soldier who copied about 2,000 secret IDF documents and leaked them to a Haaretz reporter, told the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) that she thought that by exposing what she termed IDF "war crimes," she would herself be vindicated one day as the person who exposed said "crimes,"
Israelated - English Israel blogs jamesbiga 2010
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The Mitchell Commission also condemned the IDF killing of PLO combat officers during a time of war, without giving an alternative as to what actions the IDF is supposed to take in any such military confrontation.
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The fact that the IDF has seized and refuses to release video and still images contained on cameras and videocameras of the “activists” strongly suggest that the IDF is covering up what actually happened.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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So I take it that Mr. Bernstein now agrees that the IDF is murderous, oblivious and incompetent?
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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The Mitchell Commission also condemned the IDF killing of PLO combat officers during a time of war, without giving an alternative as to what actions the IDF is supposed to take in any such military confrontation.
Matthew Yglesias » Northern Ireland Versus Israel/Palestine 2009
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Hamas would be well advised to stop rocket fire for the moment while the IDF is in Gaza to preserve their assets, once Israel announces that they have been successful and the IDF withdraws, Hamas only needs to fire off a few missiles to prove Israel wrong and then the IDF will have to re-invade Gaza.
Matthew Yglesias » The Risk of Catastrophic Success In Gaza 2009
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