9mo ago

Israel’s Brutality Is Increasing—and So Is Its Denialism

www.thenation.com Israel’s Brutality Is Increasing—and So Is Its Denialism

The atrocities at Al-Shifa Hospital are clear, but Israeli politicians say not a single civilian was killed. It’s just one of several outlandish claims Israel has made recently.

A human rights monitor documented the sniping of at least 13 children in and around Shifa Hospital, all between the ages of 4 and 16.

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I don’t want to know what it does to a society when casually sniping 4 year olds is completely ok and accepted. After Gaza is razed, all of these soldiers will return as heroes, but will they be able to stop their habits?
- I'm beginning to think many of them joined up specifically for the the purpose of slaughtering children. It feels like they've even dropped the pretense of all Palestinians being Hamas - at least I don't hear them making that excuse all that much anymore. They seem to just enjoy the killing.
  EDIT: Apparently military service in Israel is mandatory. I guess murdering Palestinian children en masse is just a bonus.
  
  I’m not excusing any of their actions, because I’m genuinely horrified by Israel’s conduct, but the IDF is a conscripted military force. Every Israeli, excluding some ultra-orthodox extremists who get a controversial religious exemption, is required to serve a certain amount of time in the military after they turn 18. There are alternative public service options for conscientious objectors, but most 18 year olds end up with a rifle in their hand. That’s pretty fucked up if you ask me.
  That means the majority of the soldiers perpetrating these atrocities are basically children themselves. They didn’t join so they could do a genocide, they joined because they had to, and are doing a genocide. I’m sure some of them are sick fuckers who enjoy it, but most are probably just following despicable, immoral, unforgivable orders from superiors. That’s not a justification, just an unfortunate likelihood.
  That said, yes, it does seem like they’ve dropped the pretense.
  
  I'd believe that more if they weren't on Tik Tok laughing and joking about the horrific acts they're doing, like demolishing whole neighborhoods, destroying hospitals, and killing people.
  
  I'm pretty sure that in Israel, joining the military is not a choice.
  
  Since years I see Israeli saying 'we have to eliminate the vipers nest ", meaning kill their babies and women, and bombing all health infrastructure so that women having babies dies more often
  
  Yeah I heard many of the like eating babies as well. Hamas is there just as an excuse but in reality they are the good guys who just like drinking tea.
  
  Yes that 4 year old should have renounced hamas the second he got within range.
  
  I guess the thousands of dead women and children just did not condemn Hamas hard enough.

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