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Lt. Col. Eisner and the buffeted Dane, the loss of perspective, comradeship, and why it is unfortunately true that he made a mistake.

By Erik Zimerman On April 21, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

The past few days have seen a whirlwind of media activity surrounding the IDF’s Lt Col. Shalom Eisner and his videotaped striking of a Danish pro-Arab left-wing protester at a demonstration along Israel’s route 90 (a tense sector which often sees Arab sniping attacks against Jewish motorists). The original video released is a short clip centered around Lt. Col Eisner striking the tall unarmed Dane in the face with the magazine of his M-16 (or M-4, or similar). Amusingly, as the protesters quickly withdraw and break up from the spirited assault by the hefty Lt. Col, they can be heard apologetically and weekly letting out a “Free Palestine” chant. A longer version has now been found. The video quickly went viral, the usual pro-Israel crowd (understandably and with good intentions) quickly tried to counter flood cyber space with pro Eisner versions and posts without much thought behind them, and Israel quickly panicked at the onslaught of negative coverage. There are several overlapping factors in this story, and of course the one causing all the buzz is the incident itself. Frankly, the incident less concerns me (it’s a minor occurrence in the day-to-day battles between the IDF and its enemies [covert and overt, violent and non-violent] throughout the West Bank, which [...]

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