Inside the Minds of IDF Soldiers Who Commit War Crimes
'When You Leave Israel and Enter Gaza, You Are God':
As a psychologist dealing with brutality in the military, Elizur sees, how the government rhetoric of hatred is worsening the problem
Concern for the safety of family members serving in the army is part of family life in Israel Like Elizur's contemporaries, he was a worried father when his children served in the IDF and he is a more worried grandfather
Elizur is horrified by the mass killing of civilians, in Gaza and he is disturbed the impact of this brutality, on soldiers' mental health Israeli soldiers are imperiled by the government's inflammatory rhetoric and weakening of the civilian and military justice systems
These policies undermine the IDF's 1. code of conduct 2. support atrocities 3. and increase the risk of moral injury