Hazing
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Locked the door, punched and pulled hair: Border Police commander charged with assaulting a policewoman and indecent assault
Itamar Karko, a squad commander in the Judea and Samaria Border Police, is accused of taking a young policewoman to a club on the Abu Dis base after a joint shift, locking the door and blocking it with a broomstick. According to the indictment, as part of a "hazing game," he repeatedly hit her, pulled her hair, and subsequently brought her face close to his genitals without her consent.
Power turned inward: IDF violence against civilians gave birth to 'seniority games' | Orit Lavie-Nashial
The abuse of young soldiers on IDF bases did not arise in a vacuum.
Brigade Commander defends battalion commander: "The signs were used to abuse young soldiers"
Col. Netanel Shmaka defended the 'Tzabar' battalion commander who smashed symbols used for hazing rituals against young soldiers: "This is not a new case - and we are always working to eradicate it." He clarified that none of the smashed symbols belonged to the battalion's fallen soldiers: "There was no insult to anyone's honor."
IDF backs battalion commander: instigators of the incident will be tried
About 100 of the 120 soldiers who left the Sde Teiman base have returned. The IDF intends to distinguish between the instigators of the incident and those who followed them, considering the removal of those involved from combat duty.