Avi Shlaim on how the Six-Day War transformed the IDF

Israeli generals speak about their operations in Gaza as "mowing the lawn."  This is a very grim metaphor and in any case a very curious way of bringing about peace with the Palestinians.  I served in the IDF in the mid-1960s and I served loyally and proudly because in my time the IDF was true to its name.  It was the Israel Defense Forces.  But as a result of the occupation, the IDF was transformed into the brutal police force of a brutal colonial power.

~ Professor Avi Shlaim, "Prof. Avi Shlaim - Hamas is Not a Greater Obstacle to Peace Than Israel," OxfordUnion, 8:40 mark, April 29, 2015