Comment: here we are again: Israel in the thick of it stirring up trouble...yet again.
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Times of Israel
He calls his troops “the Blue Helmets of Maidan,” but brown is the color of the headgear worn by Delta — the nom de guerre of the commander of a Jewish-led militia force that participated in the Ukrainian revolution. Under his helmet, he also wears a kippah.
Delta, a Ukraine-born former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, spoke to JTA Thursday on condition of anonymity. He explained how he came to use combat skills he acquired in the Shu’alei Shimshon reconnaissance battalion of the Givati infantry brigade to rise through the ranks of Kiev’s street fighters. He has headed a force of 40 men and women — including several fellow IDF veterans — in violent clashes with government forces.
The “Blue Helmets” nickname, a reference to the UN peacekeeping
force, stuck after Delta’s unit last month prevented a mob from torching
a building occupied by Ukrainian police, he said. “There were dozens of
officers inside, surrounded by 1,200 demonstrators who wanted to burn
them alive,” he recalled. “We intervened and negotiated their safe
passage.”
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Times of Israel
He calls his troops “the Blue Helmets of Maidan,” but brown is the color of the headgear worn by Delta — the nom de guerre of the commander of a Jewish-led militia force that participated in the Ukrainian revolution. Under his helmet, he also wears a kippah.
Delta, a Ukraine-born former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, spoke to JTA Thursday on condition of anonymity. He explained how he came to use combat skills he acquired in the Shu’alei Shimshon reconnaissance battalion of the Givati infantry brigade to rise through the ranks of Kiev’s street fighters. He has headed a force of 40 men and women — including several fellow IDF veterans — in violent clashes with government forces.
Several Ukrainian Jews, including
Rabbi Moshe Azman, one of the country’s claimants to the title of chief
rabbi, confirmed Delta’s identity and role in the still-unfinished
revolution.
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