Israeli troops disciplined after partying with Palestinians

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has disciplined a group of soldiers for partying with Palestinians while armed and in uniform at a nightclub in the West Bank city of Hebron, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Israel's Channel 2 television broadcast a film in which two helmeted soldiers, at least one armed with a rifle, were shown dancing with Palestinian young men clad in jeans and T-shirts, to a popular rock tune.
A Palestinian man could be seen twirling around with a soldier in uniform hoisted onto his shoulders, weapon in hand, as other men danced around them.
The report said the troops had ducked into the club while on foot patrol in the predominantly Palestinian city, a frequent flashpoint of tensions between Palestinians and Jewish settlers.
A military spokesman said in a statement that the army "views this as a serious incident".
"The soldiers exposed themselves to unnecessary danger and were disciplined," it said.
The television said the soldiers had been suspended from duty pending an investigation. There was no immediate comment from the army on that.
Military rules prohibit troops from letting down their guard and socializing with enemy civilians while on duty.
Several years ago soldiers were disciplined for filming a flash-mob style dance while on foot patrol in the same city, but that dance involved only the troops.
Israel captured the West Bank in a 1967 war, land where Palestinians seek a state, which is the goal of U.S.-backed peace talks resumed last month after a three-year stalemate.

From another website :

The Israel Defense Forces has launched an investigation after Israeli soldiers from the elite Givati Brigade were captured on camera dancing with young Palestinians at a club in the Jabara neighborhood of Hebron, Channel 2 reported Wednesday.

According to the report, the soldiers entered the club while on patrol on Monday, after hearing the song Gangnam Style by Psy coming from the building.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/israeli-troops-disciplined-partying-palestinians-205645833.html

 

This is because they need an alternative to prosecuting their soldiers for shooting unarmed civilians, abusing people etc.

 

Far more better than shooting each other,
they should do this more often.

 

The party in Hebron and Ramallah goes on while many Palestiians are killed and expelled from Syria.

 

Palestinians in Syria ----> Pro-Assad, fighting against FSA + Al-Nusra in Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Damascus

Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank ----> Anti-Assad , Hamas training Syrian terrorists + opposition


Those Palestinians outside of Syria do not care what happens to the ones inside Syria.

 

Thats a shame, really.
Saw the video , everything looked so normal... just people, happy and dancing.
Anyway, I understamd why they are disciplined, but maybe this incident shows that there can be normal relations between these two nations.
Only time will tell.

 

Sounds like a stupid "Aars" behavior to me....., they could have been kidnapped and we would need to release more murderers for them.

 

Any Palestinians involved should be deeply ashamed of themselves. The Givati Brigade are infamous butchers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iman_Darweesh_Al_Hams

 

Typical Moon. These guys were no doubt reservists doing their three years service in the IDF. Rather than applauding their willingness to party with the Palestineans, Moon condemns the Palestineans for partying with soldiers that had nothing to do with the earlier history of their military unit. As for butchery, someone who supports random terrorist attacks on civilians has no basis of judgement in making such a declaration.

 

Tickets for the waltz with Josef Mengele available soon.

 

Ohh please..............

 

Typical Zionist comment, choosing to attack the poster rather than deal with the substantive issues raised. The issue is not the posters. The soldiers violated their orders by their actions and their acts had the potential to lead to much violence. On the other hand, no violence resulted and I find it intriguing to consider what could happen if more soldiers to dance instead of to fight. None of us are forced to choose violence, no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in.

 

They went to party, not to fight. IDF orders are very strict about keeping your weapon with you at all times; you can find soldiers on leave at the beaches of Tel Aviv in swimsuits and they are still toting their guns with them.

 

"Military rules prohibit troops from letting down their guard and socializing with enemy civilians while on duty."

This pretty much says it all. To Israel, all Palistinians including civilians, are the enemy.

 

Make up your mind, people. Are you attacking the IDF for cracking down on the soldiers, or attacking the soldiers for consorting with "the enemy", or attacking the Palestineans for actually socializing with the partying soldiers? To me, this incident is indicative of people on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinean debate wanting clear-cut heroes and villains and any thought of accomodation or human interaction is anathema. Bravo partiers!

 

That's the only possible route to clearing the illegal squats and invaders from Palestine. Fraternising with the enemy weakens resistance which, in turn, leads to compromise. There can be no compromise with illegal invasion.

 

Way to use a thread about the human face of conflict and use it to dehumanize Israelis.

 

I only am referring to the particular Israeli soldiers who shoot unarmed people and abuse people etc. Damm right I will demonize them.

I said nothing about the Israeli people.

And in a thread about Israeli justice I have every right to comment on the odd standards of such Israeli justice. So yeah I'll use the thread for that.

 

Sorry but um who is the "they" in your following quote:

"they need an alternative to prosecuting their soldiers"

???

 

Those who would discipline and prosecute.

p.s.please include the "..." when quoting partial statements, and only use an honest splice. This is misleading because I am not talking about prosecuting Israeli soldiers in general, just the crooked criminal ones.

 

Oh really? So the OP which you quoted regarding Israeli soldiers being brought up on charges for entering a Palestinian nightclub prompting your response of:
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This is because they need an alternative to prosecuting their soldiers for shooting unarmed civilians, abusing people etc.


Was not a direct reference to Israel in general and Israeli soldiers in particular? Cool story bro.

 

No. I told you exactly what it refers to in this very post of mine you quoted. It was a reference to the justice standards of Israel and the violent or abusive soldiers.

 

So the "they" in your quote was clearly a reference to Israel....

 

Again, "they" constitutes those people of the Israeli judiciary or military who make the decisions about who to prosecute or discipline, and who not to.

 

If people truly understood the daily interactions that take place between members of the IDF and West Bank Palestinians they would slit their wrists. There are plenty of interactions like this. It is wrong in this case because of the uniform and gun, but there are plenty of human acts that take place every single day. I have seen it occur.
But the anti-Jewish bigots can't let a single story about Israel pass without vomiting their hate.