<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1255"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When Jewish blood is shed, the IDF investigates </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By Gideon Levy </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most of the ills of the occupation and the policy of untrammeled force the Israel Defence Forces is conducting in the territories converged in the incident last Thursday in which two security guards were killed by Israeli forces. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regretfully - because this time the victims were Israelis - the appalling tragedy of errors illustrates the tactics the IDF is actually using against the Palestinians. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The killing of the guards - Yoav Doron and Yehuda Ben-Yosef - naturally shocked many people in Israel: innocent and helpless, one was gunned down as he stepped out of the security vehicle south of Hebron, the other killed by an anti-tank missile fired from a pursuing helicopter. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The guards themselves endangered no one and did not fire a shot; they were not given a proper warning or the opportunity to identify themselves. They had no chance. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's some news for all those who are shocked: To the Palestinians, the incident evoked hundreds of similar events that were never of the slightest interest to the overwhelming majority of Israelis. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>