Transcript [00:00] The enemy government, which Hamas is for [00:02] want of a better word, has deliberately [00:05] wanted the sacrifice of its own [00:07] population. And actually, I would rather [00:09] use the term human sacrifice rather than [00:12] human shields. [00:16] >> So, the mayor of America's largest city [00:19] said recently that the prime minister of [00:22] Israel is a war criminal and the [00:24] architect [music] of a genocide. [00:26] >> The idea that Israel [00:28] carried out any form of genocide is an [00:30] absolutely preposterous suggestion. So, [00:33] if Netanyahu is guilty of war crime, [00:34] then Churchill was certainly guilty of [00:36] war crimes, Obama was guilty of war [00:38] crimes, and I know for sure that if the [00:40] IDF wanted to eliminate the population [00:43] of Gaza, it could easily have done so. [00:44] But But when you're actually on the [00:46] ground commanding [music] troops, it's a [00:48] it's very often, probably more normally, [00:50] it's a split-second decision that you [00:52] have to take. [00:53] And of course, mistakes are made. I've [00:55] made many mistakes during my military [00:57] career. I was in Gaza on one occasion [01:00] when the IDF were planning a an attack [01:03] against [01:05] a high-value terrorist position. And I [01:07] attended the I attended the the planning [01:10] meeting [01:11] that took place in advance of that [01:13] strike. [01:14] And it [01:15] the the planning meeting went on for [01:17] probably about an hour to an hour and a [01:19] half. And at least half of that time in [01:21] planning this strike was taken up by the [01:24] commanders trying to work out [01:26] how best [01:28] to carry out the to to effectively carry [01:30] out their attack while minimizing the [01:32] civilian population. And the only the [01:34] only thing I think Israel could do to [01:36] counter all that, it it could do three [01:39] things. One, next time it [music] gets [01:41] attacked, it doesn't defend itself. Two, [01:44] next time its enemies want some of its [01:47] territory, it gives it to them. And [01:49] three, get on the cattle trucks. Israel [01:52] is stronger than it ever has been [01:53] before. In my view, Israel's got an [01:55] extremely bright future. [01:57] Israel is going to overcome all of this.
"I would rather use the term human sacrifice rather than human shield."
Colonel Richard Kemp, former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, has led troops in combat - and he says the genocide charge against Israel is "an absolutely preposterous suggestion."
On The Honest Take, he recounts sitting in an IDF strike-planning meeting and how that leads him to believing Israel has "an extremely bright future."
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