Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings

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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Israeli-Army-T-Shirts-Mock-Killing-Palestinian-Women-And-Children-During-Gaza-Offensive/Article/200903315245946


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The Israeli army is at the centre of a second controversy over the moral conduct of its soldiers in as many days.

The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and destroyed mosques.

The t-shirts were printed for Israeli soldiers at the end of periods of deployment or training courses and were discovered by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

One, printed for a platoon of Israeli snipers depicts an armed Palestinian pregnant women caught in the crosshairs of a rifle, with the disturbing caption in English: "1 shot 2 kills".

Another depicts a child carrying a gun also in the centre of a target.

"The smaller, the harder," read the words on the t-shirt.

According to a soldier interviewed by the newspaper, the message has a double meaning: "It's a kid, so you've got a little more of a problem, morally and also the target is smaller."

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Perhaps the most shocking design shows a Palestinian mother weeping next to her dead baby's grave, also in the crosshairs of a rifle.

It suggests it would have been better if the child had never been born, with the slogan "Better use Durex".

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A spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) told Sky News Online, the t-shirts were printed on the private initiative of the soldiers and their designs "are not in accordance with IDF values and are simply tasteless. This type of humour is unacceptable and should be condemned".
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humour? humour!

[derby378]

1. Remind me again why these guys are morally superior to the Palestinians?

There are good Israelis. And there are good Palestinians. I consider myself a friend to both. But these guys in the crosshair T-shirts with racist messages - well, they're not in my circle.

Israel, do something about this. Clean up your own mess.

[peacetalksforall]

2. Unacceptable and should be condemned? Unacceptable and should be discharged and rehabilitated.

What despicable acts. Where is the leadership? I thought we suported Israel for something other than what they've been pulling off. Throwing people out of their homes - moving in without paying anything? Taking their land? Taking their rights? Massacring them? Destroying their buildings, their infrastructure? Don't forget Lebanon, either.

It hurts me, it's not human and I expect more.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Bear in mind the pregnant woman in the picture that I have of it is carrying and AK-47

in one hand and a grenade in the other.

Yes its dark humor at best, yes its inflammatory, and yes we should tell the "full" story.