Netanyahu’s willing executioners: how ordinary Israelis became mass murderers by Faris Giacaman

54. But the “lax rules of engagement” coupled with the clear genocidal incitement by Israeli leaders and politicians tell a different story. Israeli leaders know their society; Netanyahu knew what would be understood when he implored Israeli soldiers to “Remember what Amalek did to you;” President Haim Herzog knew what the interpretation of “no uninvolved civilians in Gaza” would entail. The reams of genocidal statements from Israeli officials could just as well have been general guidelines in lieu of official marching orders amid the peculiar absence of “rules of engagement” — in other words, the encouragement of “ordinary Israelis” in the military to exact retribution.