Goat wroteDo you have any sources for that? Can't find anything that suggests the IDF are more likely to rape anyone than the US or British armies, say...Air raid sirens in Tel Aviv... :sad:
Raping more figuratively than like actually raping women a la Hussein's rape rooms. The website, <a class="postlink" href="http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/">http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/</a>, has some first-hand accounts that basically paint Israeli military practices as completely untethered from an actual agenda which encourages Palestinian antagonism towards Israel. Countless mentions of IDF guys being loose cannons. It's a bit piecemeal and I wouldn't necessarily say that it isn't anything that our troops do, but it paints a rather heinous picture. Maybe that's simply what all war is like.
<a class="postlink" href="http://couchtripper.com/rapedbysoldiers/?tag=idf">http://couchtripper.com/rapedbysoldiers/?tag=idf</a> (A collection of submissions on rape and the military, with the two relevant IDF posts)
<a class="postlink" href="http://972mag.com/idf-colonel-rabbi-implies-rape-is-permitted-in-war/39535/">http://972mag.com/idf-colonel-rabbi-imp ... war/39535/</a> (A very awkward reference insofar as it's dated and more religious doctrine than actual military policy, but it points to an awkward ideology underlying the whole regime. I remember this causing a big deal earlier in the year, despite the interview being years old)
The IDF actually has relatively low reports of rape, but it is also hard to rely on such a statistic insofar as do they actually care if their troops do rape Palestinian women, that is, do the women actually have an outlet to report such incidents and how likely are Arab women to report rape? Not likely, I don't think.