{
  "id": 17238,
  "url": "https://warontherocks.com/the-blood-price-in-israel-military-sacrifice-is-becoming-political-power",
  "title": "The Blood Price: In Israel, Military Sacrifice Is Becoming Political Power",
  "summary": "In late June, cadets at the Israeli military’s officer training school sat through a lecture by Ofer Winter, a retired brigadier general and a polarizing figure in the Israel Defense Forces. According to Haaretz, Winter told the future officers that “there are no uninvolved civilians in Gaza” and accused two former chiefs of staff of politically blocking his career. Regulations prohibit political activity in training programs, and the Israeli military later called the episode a failure. The cade",
  "authors": "Guy Ziv",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,military-security,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "middle-east",
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T07:30:42.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-war-on-the-rocks",
  "source_name": "War on the Rocks",
  "source_homepage": "https://warontherocks.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17238",
  "original_url": "https://warontherocks.com/the-blood-price-in-israel-military-sacrifice-is-becoming-political-power",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}