Quotation from Abraham Avidan “The encountered civilians may, and by Halachic standards even must be killed” — 1973

Rabbi of the central command of the army, nicknamed 'Zemzl', writing in a pamphlet (prefaced by General Yona Efrati of the central command) on the right to kill any non-Jewish and non-impotent person.

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" When our forces encounter civilians during the war or in the course of a pursuit or a raid, the encountered civilians may, and by Halachic standards even must be killed, whenever it cannot be ascertained that they are incapable of hitting us back. Under no circumstances should an Arab be trusted, even if he gives the impression of being civilized. "

Reproduced in Haolam Hazeb , May 15, 1974. Quoted by Edward Said, Zionism from the standpoint of victims , Social Text, 1979, p.34.
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