In Israel, ‘animals in human form’ may be killed – Mondoweiss

In the midst of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, two political psychologists from elite American universities conducted a survey among 521 Israelis. Respondents were presented with a hypothetical scenario: an injured Israeli soldier lies in an area controlled by Palestinian forces. To rescue him, interviewees were told, it would be necessary to shell a Palestinian civilian neighborhood. How many Palestinian civilians would be justified to kill for this purpose? The naïve researchers…