Lieutenant-Colonel Avner Raanan

  • Military Pilot

Name

Lieutenant-Colonel Avner Raanan

Description

Lieutenant-Colonel Avner Raanan is among the most respected pilots to have signed the "Pilots Letter". He served for 27 years and was awarded one of Israel's highest military decorations in 1994.

Types

Military Pilot

Services

Israeli Air Force

Tags

2003, IAF Pilots Claims

Topics

The Conduct of Israeli Air Force Pilots Bombing in Civilian Areas

Referenced by

You hear it in the streets of Israel; people want revenge. But we should not behave like that. We are not a mafia

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Political expression within the military challenges the idea that military personnel should not express their political views, especially when higher-ranking officers do so

Defense

Claim

If you look at the past three years, you see that, if we had a suicide bombing, the Israeli air force made a big operation in which civilians were killed, and that looks to innocent eyes like revenge

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