The difference between the military and the police

Submitted by Vere (United States), Aug 14, 2014 at 14:56

If the Israeli Defense Force is a military force, then Israel is at "war" with Gaza, and Gaza is an independent nation state.

However, if the Israeli Defense Force is a police force, then Israel has "juristiction" over the Gazan precincts.

In other words, to force the Israeli military to behave like a police force, is necessarily the same thing as to force Israel to annex Gaza.

In hindsight, elsewhere, Israel has no choice but to annex Yhuda-Shomron. Israel must regulate these regions as normal areas of the Jewish State of Israel. Thus Israel secures the peace for all citizens in places like Bet Lekhem, in the same way as in places like Tel Aviv. It is the Israeli police who prevent threats of violence.

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