IDF imprisons soldiers for taking part in online calls for "revenge" (The soldiers will be behind bars for several days)

The IDF has sent four soldiers to prison on Thursday for taking part in a Facebook campaign calling for "revenge" for the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers by Palestinian terrorists last month.
The soldiers will be behind bars for several days, the army said, as they acted "in violation of military orders. This is a severe incident, that does not in any way match expectations of IDF soldiers," the army added. 


All commanders have been instructed to act firmly against soldiers found taking part in social media "revenge campaigns." On Wednesday, the IDF Spokesman’s Office condemned soldiers who published photographs of themselves with signs calling for revenge against Arabs.

Commanders have been instructed to seek out and punish any soldiers found to be involved, the office said. Soldiers involved in “sending racist photographs and calls to harm innocent people” have taken part in a “severe incident” that is out of line with what the military expects of them.
[jpost.com]
3/7/14
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