Israeli Hits Back: 'What Wasn't OK' About Palestinian Prisoner Pics?
A former Israeli soldier who posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners said Tuesday her actions were "thoughtless." But she insisted she did not humiliate the detainees and said she was surprised the pictures were viewed as offensive. Eden Aberjil struck a defensive tone in a pair of radio interviews, claiming that she did not do anything wrong and that similar things take place "every day" in the army. Both the Israeli army and Palestinian officials condemned Aberjil over the photographs -- one of which was accompanied by an exchange with a friend including jokes and sexual innuendoes. Because she has completed her mandatory service, however, it's unclear whether she will face any disciplinary action.
Speaking to Israel's Army Radio station, Aberjil called her decision to post the photos, taken in 2008 near the Gaza Strip, "thoughtless and innocent." But she added: "I still don't understand what wasn't OK."
[Editor's Comment:] Like the US soldier in America's torture center in Abu Ghraib who gave the thumbs-up to a torture job well done, Eden Abergil now displays the same shallownes and shocking lack of empathy. This is what we find in sociopaths and people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. She's thoughtless alright, but innocent she's not. The fact that she still doesn't understand, would suggest that she suffers from permanently impaired mental & emotional faculties. If she's not disciplined and this episode is hushed up in Israel, this would indicate that this condition also is prevalent in Israeli society.
AWIP: Rights group: IDF soldier's Facebook images are the rule, not the exception.