“After watching the video footage documenting the abuse, I’m overwhelmed with disgust. These actions are offensive and humiliating. I fail to agree with the veteran soldiers’ claim that the abuse was consensual.”-Colonel Erez Porat, Southern Command and Ground Forces’ military court

March 29, 2012, at least 11 members of the Givati Brigade’s Tzabar Battalion have been arrested after a video of them beating lower caste soldiers was leaked.

Those arrested said it is a common practice in the Israel army, claiming it is “a deeply rooted practice”.

One Israeli attorney, Ilan Katz, said military commanders should be arrested as well because “…abuse in the IDF is a widespread phenomenon…” and it is encouraged, or at least known about, by those at the top of the chain of command!

The Israeli Defense Forces are directly supported by the United States!