Were Israeli Soldiers Permitted to Shoot at Jews Killing Palestinians?
MYTH:”Your editorial…stated `Israeli military officials have admitted being ordered never to shoot a Jew who fires on Palestinians.’ Although an Israeli military official did make such a statement, it should be noted that Maj. Gen. Shaul Moufaz, commander of Israeli forces on the West Bank, completely refuted the charge that such a policy exists in Israel.” —Letter by Judith A. Rubinger of Maitland, FL, in Orlando Sentinel, March 29, 1994 FACT: “Meir Tayar, commander of the border police in Hebron, told the [Israeli government] commission…that as he understood his orders, he could not have opened fire on Baruch Goldstein even as Goldstein was shooting hundreds of unarmed worshippers…Gen. Shaul Moufaz of the Israel Defense Force confirmed the orders, telling the panel that the orders had been repeated in numerous briefings. The Jews were not the enemy, it had been stressed to army personnel, he said. But, Moufaz continued, it was also clear that Jews firing in clear breach of the
