A few days ago, the United States passed a large-scale aid plan of more than $14 billion to Israel, but before the money was officially allocated, an astonishing news came out from the United States that they were going to impose sanctions on this "little bully in the Middle East": The reason was that Israel's armed forces had violated US laws and human rights...
This news has made the eyes of the whole world widen: What is going on? In the past, I only heard that the United States would attack its own opponents and enemies, but how could it be? This time, even its own "master" has suffered an accident?
It stands to reason that the relationship between the United States and Israel and the two countries is a "hardcore" ally that is closer than that of a close ally like Britain, and if anyone dares to touch the Jews, the United States will definitely be the first to stand up and fight to the death.
Let's take a look at the synopsis of the "story" first:
According to the American website Axios, Washington plans to impose sanctions on the Israeli battalion Netzah Yehuda, which is on combat duty in the West Bank, for alleged human rights violations;
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also admitted the matter himself, saying: After an investigation by the relevant U.S. departments, I have made a "decision" on the accusations of violating U.S. law by the Israeli army, and I can also tell you fairly that the results of the future ranking will be seen soon.
According to Blinken, the decision to sanction will be announced in the next few days, and once the battalion is officially sanctioned by the United States, then it will face the prohibition of all members from receiving funds from American aid and receiving training from American instructors; the origin of this punishment is mainly based on a law called the "Leahy Law" promulgated by the United States in the nineties of the last century; (The Leahy Law is actually a branch of American human rights law, and the origin of the name is named after the initiator of the law, Patrick Leshill)
Seeing this, does the rank have such a feeling that the Americans have "discovered their conscience" and that they have finally seen the numerous crimes committed by the Israeli army against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip?
But I want to say that you may be overthinking, and the sanctions on this battalion have little to do with the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip right now...
The main reason why Lao Mei "killed the killer" of the Neza Yehuda camp was that they inexplicably "sent away" an American.
The origin of the "story" is as follows:
In early 2022, Omar al-Assad, a 78-year-old Palestinian-American, was detained by soldiers from the Neza Yehuda battalion while passing through a checkpoint in a village called Gigiliyah in the West Bank. The soldiers of the battalion said at the time that the old man refused to accept their examination, so he tied his hands and gagged him with strips of cloth, and the soldiers also pressed the old man to the ground for about 1 hour in the standard manner of "American police enforcement";
Because Assad himself suffered from heart disease, coupled with a "violent law enforcement" by soldiers from the Neza Yehuda battalion, the old man died of a heart attack more than an hour after his arrest.
After the death of the American, the soldier did not immediately report the situation to his superiors, but directly dumped the body on a nearby construction site, and his body was not found until a few days later.
In the aftermath of the incident, the Israeli military punished those responsible, but to a lesser extent, with the battalion commander being warned, two officers involved being dismissed, and the military saying it would pay $141,000 in compensation to the families of the deceased.
Originally, Israel thought that this matter would be over, but the United States was extremely interested in this matter, and then they deliberately held the Israeli government accountable through the embassy in Israel, and then the US State Department spokesman also made the matter public at a press conference.
In the past two years, the United States has been asking Israel to give a correct response to this matter, but Israel's "neck" is very strong, saying that the relevant judgment has been executed and the problem has been resolved, but it is clear that the United States is completely unacceptable to this statement, so there is today's out...
Israel's reaction
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was shocked to learn that a battalion-sized unit of his army would be subject to the first U.S. sanctions since its founding, saying: "Our soldiers are fighting a "monster of terror", and it is extremely absurd to impose sanctions on the Israel Defense Forces, and no one and no country can impose sanctions on Israel.
In addition, he stressed that the government headed by me will use all means to oppose such a move.
The Israeli finance minister also said: We are fighting for our own survival, and the United States wants to impose sanctions on the Israeli army, which is completely crazy. The most interesting statement by the IDF was that the soldiers of the Neza Yehuda battalion carried out combat and inspection missions in accordance with the IDF's code of ethics and with full respect for international law, and that they were professional and courageous and should not be subject to any sanctions...
Look at how good the Israelis are, they slaughter civilians on the land of Gaza, and when they are wronged a little, they first bring out a big concept and threaten everyone: "they are fighting for survival"!
Does Israel still need to think about survival? Jewish mercy is already considered Jewish mercy if it does not deprive others of their right to live...
After learning why the Americans want to sanction Israel, did they become even more angry, originally thinking that the United States wanted the Palestinians to do justice this time? Unexpectedly, in the end, it was still for itself and for a name, and I asked if this old man was not an American, would the United States still sanction Israel?
Now that so many civilians have died in Gaza because of Israel's military operations, why hasn't the United States imposed sanctions on Israel? Now because of an old man who has been dead for two years, it is really funny and infuriating.
Neza Yehuda Battalion
Camp Neza Yehuda, a military unit that is a special presence in the IDF;
The battalion was formed in 1999 to allow so-called ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel to better serve in the military without violating their religious beliefs.
At the beginning of its formation, the battalion consisted of only about 30 men, but now it has grown to about 1,000 men, and in this battalion, the religious beliefs of the soldiers are highly valued, the diet is the strictest kosher, and the soldiers here rarely interact with female soldiers except for the wives of the soldiers in the camp, and the battalion also provides ample time for the soldiers to pray and study the doctrines, and it is said that the soldiers of this battalion hate receiving secular news through newspapers and the Internet, and they are dressed only in the most modest clothes, and all of them consider themselves to be the purest Jews, and outsiders think that they are strictly bound by their doctrinesThese people should be the most orderly of the people.
Of course, this is just the subjective consciousness of outsiders;
According to Israeli opposition leader Meraf Mikkaili, she wants the Neza Yehuda battalion to be disbanded as soon as possible, as this force is killing Palestinians "without any reason";
Mikali said on his social media platform that the U.S. sanctions are a recognition of reality and a warning of Israel's brutality on other countries' territory, and that the violence and corruption in the Neza Yehuda camp have long been known for years, but no one has done anything to stop it.
From the mouth of this Israelite, we see the nature of this so-called ultra-Orthodox Jewish force, and whatever is orthodox and unorthodox is bluffing.