Hirsch: The Truth Regarding the Second Lebanon War Will be Known

[Flabbergasted]

IsraelNN.com) IDF Galilee Division Commander Brigadier-General Gal Hirsch stepped down from his command post yesterday, Tuesday, as he takes leave of the military.

Hirsch decided to resign after learning the Almog Committee investigating the Second Lebanon War signaled his dismissal from the military would be recommended based on his actions during the war.

Speaking during a ceremony to welcome the new division commander, Hirsch stated the truth regarding the war would soon emerge and the real picture will be clear to all.

Officers who served under Hirsch’s command called the ceremony “a military funeral.”


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=116926

[leveymg]

1. I suspect there will be more, higher, departures soon. eom

[Flabbergasted]

2. Olmert?

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Seems there may be a lot more resignations coming.

Probe: IDF top echelons failed at all levels during war

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

The upper echelons of the Israel Defense Forces failed at every level during the recent war in Lebanon, Major-General (ret.) Amiram Levine said in a report presented to the general staff in November.

Levine, who was appointed by the IDF to examine the conduct of the northern command during the war, was highly critical in his report. He described serious flaws in the conduct of senior officers and said that Northern Command had failed in its mission of protecting the northern communities.

The meeting in which the report was presented was acrimonious and accompanied with heated exchanges between Levine and other senior officers. Levine said that one of the serious flaws in the conduct of the IDF during the war was its preference to the use of air power over ground forces.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/797906.html

Now we know why the US/Israel didn't invade Iran.

[oberliner]

4. Arutz Sheva?

I really don't think this far right source is the best one to cite.

[newyorican]

5. Unfortunately INN is a hate site...

..though I don't believe the original poster was aware of that.

Interesting development, none-the-less.

[cali]

6. Yes it is.

In precisely the same kind of way that a site you used the other day is.

[Violet_Crumble]

7. Which site was that?

I haven't been reading all the threads. Anyway, to be precisely the same way as Arutz Sheva there'd have to be a lot of bigoted op-ed pieces, that's for sure...

[cali]

8. Paltoday

Here's the top story on their home page:

Ahmadinejad : The demise of the Zionist entity is imminent.
"As everybody knows, the Zionist regime was created to establish dominion of arrogant states over th


http://www.paltoday.com/english/index.php

[Violet_Crumble]

9. Thanks, I'll take a look through it n/t

[newyorican]

10. I have to ask...

Reporting what Ahmadinejad says makes a news portal a hate site in your opinion?

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The primary reason I deem INN to be a hate site is not solely editorial trends, its a stark representation of an Israeli map without the exsistence of Palestinians.



On the other hand, Paltoday has several maps of the area, some historical and this one titled, "Israel and Palestine today"



There is huge difference in these representations.

In addition, is MEMRI a hate site for reporting what Ahmadinejad says? I'm curious as to the standard used to judge whether a site is biased or a hate site.