Israel's Uncivil War

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...In the months following the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, governments, civil society groups and human rights organizations issued dozens of reports, some of them well over 100 pages long, on the legality, operation and effects of the war.

...accused Israel of war crimes, some accused Israeli soldiers of mistreating prisoners of war, some explored the damage caused to Gaza's infrastructure during the war. ... scathing indictments of the behavior of the Israeli army.

As the reports piled up, the Israeli government went on offense, contacting European governments to protest their funding of international human rights organizations critical of Israeli actions during the Gaza war.... Israel threatened to ban foreign funding of Israeli organizations involved in activity deemed political...

.....[Disagreement] came to a head last week with the publication of an advertisement in Israel's leading newspapers accusing Israeli organizations of being the principal suppliers of the critical testimonies contained in the Goldstone report.....

"Wars in the Middle East today are not fought on the battlefield and the question is no longer just who has the strongest army, the battles are fought in public opinion."...  Full story