{"id":113,"date":"2009-01-03T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T11:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2jk.org\/english\/?p=113"},"modified":"2009-01-03T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T11:53:48","slug":"between-gnosis-and-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2jk.org\/english\/2009\/01\/03\/between-gnosis-and-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Gnosis and Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n[Preamble: During the last week, the Israeli Hebrew blogosphere has been babbling for and against the war. Though Shooky has been able to find around 80 bloggers against the war<\/a>, the vast majority is for it, and keeps blogging about it both in Hebrew and English.] 2009 marks the end of ‘freedom of expression in Israel’ as it contains neither Freedom<\/em> nor Expression<\/em>; judging by the rising racism in Israel, all we needed was a military operation in order to show how Israel’s state is close to Nazi Germany in 1938. Well, Nazi Germani didn’t have internet access so the Hilterjugend<\/a> couldn’t join Facebook groups like annihilate German Jews and all other Jews”<\/a> or “The movement to abolish Jewish employees from the Berlin Gas Station<\/a>” and maybe even “until when will these Jews hang around the German girls?<\/a>“. Indeed, harsh pictures for the Facebook users. Some might say it’s the dreamy right, or that it comes under freedom of expression, but in a decade, when the history books will be written on how Israel became a lovely dictatorship, these cases will be documented.<\/p>\n

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\nBut it’s not only these cases, but the gagging of the left’s protest<\/a>. It makes no difference whether it’s Boaz Toporovsky<\/strong>, Israel’s student union chair, who claims that the left’s protest should be excommunicated<\/a> or The Israeli Police that prevents activists from demonstrating by claiming that it fears retaliation froom mobs<\/a> (similar to Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/strong>‘s claim<\/a> against the Gay-Pride parade). But it’s not only the police’s perception and a bunch of extremists like Toporovsky, a major part or the public that participated in an online survey<\/a> claims that the Israeli Arabs [and left] have no right to protest against the war, as it harms the war effort:<\/p>\n

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\nMy mistaken but instinctive claim is that Israeli Citizens deserve the undemocratic reign, they deserve the ongoing destruction of human rights and freedom of expression, crumbling of the state’s apparatus and destruction of democracy<\/strong>. Thinking like this would mean surrender; but not thinking like that would mean that I’m as missionary as the pro-war propaganda: I’m trying to convince the unconvinced to certain gnosis<\/em>. I’ll lose anyway just by playing the game, as they are not interested in real democracy. Israel’s citizens wish for an enlightened and benevolent dictatorship and are willing to go all the way with it.<\/p>\n

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\nEven more, can anyone actually demonstrate to “support our troops<\/a>“? IDF is a part of the state’s apparatus and it is an executional force and not a political one. One cannot force policy on the state’s army and no one can force the army simply by demonstrating for it. The army needs to conduct unpopular acts, as long as they are done in an authoritative manner by the authorised legal entity.<\/p>\n

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\nMy opinion costs me quite a lot of time, effort and peace of mind. Most of my friends already criticised my acts and flooded me in invitations to support the Israeli “Hasbara” for the war (Hasbara is, if you didn’t know, a sort of propaganda and spokesmanship); when I tell them I oppose the war I get attacked: How can I opposed? my opinion is illegitimate and I’m excommunicated. So here: I am against bombing Sderot and I don’t think that Israel’s military action will help. If that’s not a legitimate opinion, you’re more than welcome to propose laws that will stop me from thinking<\/em> in that manner.<\/p>\n

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\nThe war has been going on for a week, the Qasams are still here and we already have casualties, anyone else thinks that this is a wasted war?<\/p>\n

[originally in Hebrew<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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