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I didn't criticize that part or any other part of his life, I'm just shocked that this aspect (assassinations and kidnappings) is presented like it's a great thing he did.


Your intention here is noble but also naive. You'll have to convince the Israeli public that the people defending them every day are not commendable, regardless of how you feel about the Israel/Palestine situation and individual incidents where there really is malice and abuse of power.


I am well aware that every powerful government is assassinating enemies and always did. No matter if its the Chinese, Russians or the US.

The problem is, once you start glorifying assassinations you create acceptance in the public, which in turn allows governments to create acceptance for even worse crimes.

I think that's exactly what we are seeing since 9/11. TV series like 24 glorifying torture, torture in Guantanamo, drone assassinations by the US government, what's next? I'm just afraid we are entering into a new dark age.


I'm not here to defend assassinations, I just don't think it's valid to shoot the guy down just because he was a part of Israel's counter-terrorism forces.




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