Time and again, the many interviewers with whom I have spoken over the past few days have a hard time coming to terms with my conclusion that the IDF gives preference to the lives of hostile populations over the lives of its own soldiers. So here is a quote, straight from the mouth of Yair Golan, who today is Deputy Chief of Staff of the IDF, answering Atzmona pre- military students who stated that the IDF endangers its soldiers in order to safeguard hostile populations: “The

This article originally appeared in Hebrew in the Yisrael Hayom newspaper and website: http://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinion/518411 During Operation Protective Edge, then Deputy Chief of Staff (today’s Chief of Staff) Gadi Eizenkott came to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee and reported to the committee members on the fighting on the frontlines. At that point, Tel Aviv had already been shelled for over a month and the end of the war was not on the horizon. N