Good on the military police officer who actually held a soldier accountable for their crimes.
But there are so many credible reports of widespread lack of accountability for things like killing civilians. I wonder what's different here:
- Is there an ick factor here that there isn't when soldiers just shoot civilians or commit other war crimes, and this proves there is a war crime that crosses a line?
- Or is this a principled MP who is risking harassment for doing the right thing when the unofficial standard is to turn a blind eye?
- Or is this a performative sacrifice of one soldier so the powers that be have some examples to point to when people accuse them of war crimes, even if they are a tiny minority of actual war crimes, and most are ignored?
- Or as a variant of the above, are MPs so rare and under-resourced that occasionally they do legit work, but they don't have resources to push back the tide of war crimes meaningfully?
- Or has the power of the biggest war criminals like Netanyahu, Smotrich, and so on waned after the election and we are finally seeing the tide turning?
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