One of the best pieces Ive read on the largely one-sided slaughter by Israel — euphemized as “conflict in international media. When the going gets tough, the tough take selfies... That’s the attitude that Sara Eisen, a resident of [the Israeli town of] Beit Shemesh decided to adopt when she started a Facebook group called ‘Bomb Shelter Selfies. The need for this valiant effort arose when “rockets began to rain on Israel” from the Gaza Strip earlier this week. Of course, the Israelis love to allege that rockets are raining on them. But weather reports for their neighbors are inevitably much worse. ... Enter “Bomb Shelter Selfies” — according to Eisen, a means of “showing the world that we weren’t letting this get to us.” The project’s original name, “Bomb Shelter Bombshells,” was nixed by her husband. ... With every bout of violence, human interest stories are disseminated so that the international audience can fully appreciate the fortitude of Israelis in managing to survive — and even order sushi delivery! — while their military engages in massacres. Israel’s monopoly on victimhood means it’s one big selfie, 24-7. To be sure, the trauma of having to listen to air raid sirens announce what generally turns out to be the non-arrival of a rocket far outweighs, say, having your apartment building exploded with three generations of your family inside. As for whether Palestinians might appropriate Israel’s therapeutic wartime remedies, unfortunately dead people can’t take selfies. https://jacobinmag/2014/07/dead-people-cant-take-selfies/
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:28:47 +0000
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