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Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/07/in_the_company_of_heroes.html
The IDF Doesn't Teach Its Soldiers to Hate
(American Thinker) Dan Gordon - I had the privilege of accompanying Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Avigdor Kahalani, one of Israel's greatest war heroes and now chairman of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers (AWIS), as he went out to meet young soldiers serving near Gaza, under fire. Here is what Kahalani quietly told them: "You know why you're here. It's not to hate anybody. It's to defend your people, your homes and your families. Each of you has to feel as if the whole fate of the whole people of Israel is on your shoulders. Each of you holds that fate in your hands. But it's not about hatred." The writer is a captain (res.) in the IDF.