|
|
Iron Dome Enables Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians
12 July 2014
(LPAC)—Ha’aretz blogger Uri Misgav posted an extraordinary article early this morning, Israeli time, in which he argues that the Iron Dome anti-rocket system may protect Israelis from rockets fired by militants in Gaza, but it also buys something much more pernicious. "It enables Israelis to feel protected while continuing their life almost without a hitch," Misgav writes. "They can blow up their feelings of victimization and misery to new heights, while going on about their business relatively comfortably." He characterizes the Iron Dome as "Israel’s doomsday weapon" which enables Israeli governments "to launch a ’limited operation’ once every two years, to refill the hatred and demonization reserves and renew the confidence of their obedient subjects, who only a day or two ago began to realize that their government was deceiving them." Misgav ridicules the Israeli government’s claim that it is exercising "restraint" in its bombing campaign against the Palestinians. "Restraint? I’d like to see how Israelis would act and speak if just once an F-16 squadron swooped down on a residential neighborhood and dropped a ton of smart bombs on it." The Iron Dome, Misgav writes, not only intercepts missiles, "Apparently it intercepts free thought as well. It dooms its users to blindness, deafness and dementia," he writes. "If our leaders really want them [that is, the people who live within rocket range of Gaza] to have quiet, they must strive courageously and creatively for an overall solution," Misgav |