Israel refuses to extradite its own in the event of war crimes indictments

Sorry to keep harping in this, but an interesting development:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7850085.stm

So after WWII, militant Jews hunted down suspected Nazi war criminals overseas, with little to no regard for the laws of other nations and the chain of evidence. Sometimes they brought them to Israel to stand trial, other times they assassinated them on the spot. The same can be said later for Arab-Palestinian terrorists. In some cases, they killed the wrong person. Like during the "Operation Wrath of God" retribution murders after the Munich massacre, Mossad agents killed a waiter in Norway, mistaking him for Black September honcho Ali Salameh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair). Israel never claimed responsibility for the murder, but 6 of its agents were captured and convicted in Norway, and later the government paid almost $500k to the victim's next of kin.

But now, PM Olmert has vowed to refuse extradition of any Israelis participating in the Gaza invasion who may be found guilty of war crimes by international courts. The government has also blocked the Israeli press from publishing the names of any squad commanders of Gaza forces, in the event that others want to build cases against them. Olmert said that no son of Israel will face trial for defending their country. So I guess if IDF soldiers gun down an unarmed civilian, or bomb a hospital, they did it out of love for country, so it's permissible and they're not accountable to anyone else?

But what about the Nazis and Arabs who were following their own extreme nationalistic, ethnocentric impulses when they carried out their atrocities against Jews? When the Allied tribunal or international courts declare the enemies of Israel as war criminals, by all means they are guilty as sin, and Israel has the green light to circumvent official channels. They bring them to justice on their terms, even if they have to break laws and kill the wrong people in the process. And Israel denounces any nation daring to harbor those fugitives as accessories to the crime. But with the shoe on the other foot, Israeli war criminals are immune to any outside punishment, and it's perfectly fine for Tel Aviv to protect them. Though of course with US diplomatic cover (plus America's disdain for the ICC or any other sort of cooperative European entity is already well-known), probably no Israeli will ever be charged with war crimes in our lifetimes. But I suppose it's anti-Semitic if anyone else dares to accuse an Israeli of a crime while carrying out the sacred duty of defending Israel. "Israel has the right to defend itself," by any means necessary.