At the end of March in the Israeli city of Hebron, the IDF soldiers were attacked by Palestinian extremists: at midday, two people with knives attacked a military patrol.

As a result of the attack one soldier was stabbed, the terrorists were neutralized in turn. But later, on the initiative of a human rights organization (!!), one of the Israeli soldiers was accused of manslaughter, arguing that the terrorist was neutralized and finish him off was not necessary. Are the motifs familiar?

The soldier, who had committed the fatal shot, was sure that the terrorist wore a so-called "suicide belt" and there was a threat of a large-scale explosion. However, the representatives of the Arab community are now shouting loudly about the premeditated murder.

As you remember, not so long ago in our country it was a pretty big story after the Kyiv police, in the course of arrest, had shot a passenger of an uncontrolled car. Then, the opinions were divided: some said that the policeman abused his authority and that there was no need to shoot to kill. Others saw in the actions of the police a clear intention to prevent a bigger tragedy.

Let me give an example of how Israeli society reacts to such situations. Firstly, on the streets of Israeli cities everywhere you can meet boys or girls, wearing civil, with guns: they are Israeli soldiers on leave or on vacation. Even then they are obliged to defend their country.

Now imagine a group of civilians with guns in Kiev, Kharkiv and Odessa.

So now for the entire month Israeli soldiers are supporting the action of the soldier of Hebron, and people insist on releasing him, thank him for the protection, and support him and his family. The event gained the national scale. Politicians, musicians, artists, scientists and thousands of ordinary citizens made a stand for him. At the same time many officials just condemned the soldier. But Israel does not leave his people behind, and people understand that the politicians are just temporary employees in the service of the people.

Israel understood long ago that civil society groups play a leading role in public life and making that are able to change the life of the country. And a soldier doing his duty can count on the fact that his country will never abandon him. But here we can go to jail for the performance of official duties, or to obtain a subpoena for draft evasion after 6 months in the area of ATO. I wonder how many years should pass so that we began to appreciate every soldier, every human being?