As Israeli air strikes resumed today in blockaded Gaza, an important piece that digs into the deep-rooted thinking in Israeli society that allows Israels government to continue their criminal assault in the densely populated occupied strip of land. “I have been surprised by the magnitude of the indifference in the Jewish world to the human costs of Israel’s defense against the missiles and the tunnels,” Mr. Wieseltier wrote. “Some of the emails I have received have been lunatic in their lack of compassion. According to a poll by the Israel Democracy Institute, 95 percent of Jewish Israelis believe the war in Gaza is just. It is easy to see why: Self-defense is also a moral duty. But only 4 percent believe that the Israeli military has used excessive force. This makes me queasy.” Asked to explain how an offensive that has claimed so many lives is nonetheless supported in Israel, Eva Illouz, a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, told the German magazine Der Spiegel: Most of my fellow citizen “judge by the intention, whereas the world judges by the consequences.”
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:55:38 +0000
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