>As asymmetrical war,
>their aim has to be to destroy the enemy spiritually, by
>provoking the enemy to act in such a way that they and their
>friends cease to believe good of themselves, their actions,
>and their future. Even the atrociousness of the acts of the
>suicide bombers will begin to taint them: "This is what you
>made of us." And Israel is especially vulnerable to this kind
>of attack because of the ideological way it was constituted.
E.g.
***** Purity of Arms
The IDF serviceman will use force of arms only for the purpose of subduing the enemy to the necessary extent and will limit his use of force so as to prevent unnecessary harm to human life and limb, dignity and property.
The IDF servicemen's purity of arms is their self-control in use of armed force. They will use their arms only for the purpos eof achieving their mission, without inflicting unnecessary injury to human life or limb; dignity or property, of both soldiers and civilians, with special consideration for the defenseless, whether in wartime, or during routine security operations, or in the absence of combat, or times of peace.
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/IDF_ethics.html> ***** -- Yoshie
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