The Hannibal Protocol that was declared toward the end of last summer’s war with Gaza claimed the life of an IDF soldier, Professor Asa Kasher
Speaking at the Tzohar Rabbis Conference on Society and State, Kasher says the protocol resulted in a death of the soldier because of troops’ misunderstanding. “I have solid ground [to say what I say]. I don’t want to say where and when but this happened.”
Kasher says the Hannibal Protocol, launched when a soldier is missing and suspected kidnapped, is a top secret procedure and 99 percent of those who speak and write about don’t know what it entails. “We will not reveal to the enemy what the protocol calls for but I will say there is an absolute prohibition to kill a soldier who was kidnapped as the adage goes, ‘better a dead soldier than a kidnapped soldier.'”
“This is patently false. [Soldiers] can maybe shoot at the direction of terrorists but never to fire in order to kill the terrorists and the soldier,” Kasher adds.
Kasher; a professor of philosophy, wrote the IDF’s code of ethics.
Prof. Asa Kasher (on podium) speaking at the Tzohar Rabbis Conference on Society and State on Thursday, July 8 2015. (Courtesy)
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