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IDF general: Troops…can steal from Lebanese stores (I’ve read it all now)

by | August 14, 2006 | Latest News

Dear friends,

We are all processing a tremendous amount of information these days as we try to make sense of our world and predict how to align our work to end the occupation, which is the ultimate goal.

This story was run by the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz today.  I also, list some of the online comments that readers posted in reply.

I’ve read it all now…and this Brigadier General is ready for war in the winter…are there no limits to insanity!

Wondering to laugh, cry, or both,

Sam

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Last update – 16:00 14/08/2006                          

IDF general: Troops lacking food can steal from Lebanese stores 

By Haaretz Service 

"If our fighters deep in Lebanese territory are left without food our water, I believe they can break into local Lebanese stores to solve that problem," Brigadier General Avi Mizrahi, the head of the Israel Defense Forces logistics branch, said Monday. 

Mizrahi’s comments followed complaints by IDF soldiers regarding the lack of food on the front lines. 

"If what they need to do is take water from the stores, they can take," Mizrahi told Army Radio. 

According to Mizrahi, the logistics branch is prepared for the possibility that               

combat soldiers will have to remain in Lebanon during the winter.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/750384.html

Reader’s comments posted on Ha’aretz site: 

* Note to owner: You have just been robbed by the most moral army in the world. 

* The troops also lack money and women. What do you say, general? 

* During war time ALL armies in occupying positions may requisition supplies from the local civillian population. This includes the use of homes, civillian buildings, food, medicine and other – non-combat related supplies.

It is standard – not illegal and not theft.

* Don’t worry…. You will be generously repaid at a later date. Just like all those who lost their land, houses and possessions in 1948. You can trust in Israel. 

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  • Sam Bahour

    Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.

    Bahour was instrumental in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).

    He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.

    A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.

    Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.

    He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

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