"This corrupts the IDF": Former senior officers' exceptional letter to the Chief of Staff following the events in Khusra
Reserve Col. Hanoch Dauba, a signatory to a protest letter to the Chief of Staff following events in the village of Khusra, said on 103FM that the IDF must act firmly against violence by right-wing activists in the West Bank. He argued that the situation "corrupts the IDF" and that the army systematically makes life difficult for Palestinians, while noting the command's responsibility for 2.5 million Palestinians and about 540,000 Jewish citizens.
Former senior IDF officers, including Reserve Col. Hanoch Dauba, sent an exceptional protest letter to the Chief of Staff following the events in the village of Khusra. Dauba, in a conversation with Anat Davidov and Nissim Mishal on 103FM, argued that the IDF must act firmly against violence by right-wing activists in Judea and Samaria. He said, "This is inconceivable damage, it causes damage internally in the IDF and in the State of Israel" and "This corrupts the IDF - simply like that." Dauba emphasized that the Central Command chief is responsible for the security of those in the sector, including 2.5 million Palestinians and about 540,000 Jewish citizens, and that "we are not doing this." He added that in the last two years, systematically and more sharply, they have been making life difficult for Palestinians. The letter refers to the events in Khusra, but the details about them are not specified in the article.