Lt.-Colonel Shalom Eisner, who was removed from his command post last week for striking an International Solidarity Movement activist, responded on Shabbos.
According to a Major Rishon report, Eisner, a resident of Yerushalayim’s Shaare Chessed neighborhood spoke with mispallalim in the Gra Shul who were coming over to him to give him chizuk. Interestingly, Eisner spoke of another incident, referring to when he acted similarly towards right-wing protestors under his jurisdiction, yet at that time he explained, “They supported me”, pointing out the double standard.
“At that time I was received a citation and of course, they supported me and backed my actions,” the report quotes Eisner as saying. “There was no criticism regarding the use of force”. In that case, with the right-wing protestors, the event was also photographed showing military personnel using force against unarmed right-wingers, yet there was no outcry.
Eisner indicated that he feels the decision to remove him from his command was inappropriate and he is contemplating an appeal to a military court.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The force he used against the lefties WAS appropriate because THEY were using force and TRYING TO provoke a harsh response.
I don’t know what the exact incident referred to against right-wingers was, and I don’t know what exactly he did. BUT if the right-wingers were being physical, and doing what the lefties were doing, then he was correct. If the right-wingers were NOT getting physical with him (and the other soldiers) then he was wrong in getting physical with them.
It’s really not very complicated.
Shalom Eisner was the Israeli establishment’s fall guy when things got sour. Instead of backing him up, they threw him to the dogs. As a high ranking officer in a crack unit, he carried out his job the way he knew best, even though he was ill-qualified and ill-equipped for this police-type assignment.
No doubt Shalom is their fall guy, and let’s keep in mind that HKBK really runs things. Shalom is still in his year of aveilus for his tsaddik of a father, Rav Benny Eisner. It’s been a tough year, but we all know who is really pulling the strings.