Livni vows to defend IDF for its moral values

Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni says Israel “will not let foreign entities judge the IDF through a skewered lens. The IDF is a moral army and I will let no one claim differently.”

Speaking at a ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the kibbutz movement, Ynet reports, Livni says that “one cannot confuse soldiers who go to war against terrorism with terrorists who seek to murder us. I will continue saying this also in days when criticism of Israel grows and I fear it may yet grow”

Livni speaks just days after the NGO Breaking the Silence publishes testimonies by soldiers who fought during Operation Protective Edge in which they tell of allegedly illegal combat activities they undertook during the summer war.

Last week, the UN published a report in which it conceded that UN facilities were used by Hamas but also alleged that the IDF attacked UN facilities unjustifiably.