#CloseIsraeliEmbassy “Fear generates a very particular type of thinking, which I’d call ‘catastrophalist.’ You always think about the worst-case scenario . . . In catastrophalist scenarios, you become allowed to breach many more moral norms than if you imagined a normal course of events.” She was asked if such fears justify what Israel did in Gaza. “Of course it doesn’t. I’m only saying that fear is central to the Israeli psyche. These fears are cynically used by leaders like Netanyahu. He makes Israelis believe that they all want to destroy us. Hamas wants to destroy us, the UN wants to destroy us, Al Qaeda and Iran want to destroy us. ISIS wants to destroy us. The European anti-Semites want to destroy us.”
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 07:37:13 +0000