The IDF's legacy, 75 years on

Ramona Wadi- From war crimes to individual acts of normalised aggression the international community also protects the IDF from scrutiny.

While Israel prefers to obliterate the 1948 Nakba from its historical memory despite being the perpetrator of Palestine’s ethnic cleansing and colonisation, the same cannot be said for the origins of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Last month, Israel celebrated the 75th anniversary since the military’s  establishment. The order was signed by David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, on 26 May, 1948, legitimising the violence of the Zionist paramilitaries by incorporating them into the colonial state’s military institution.

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