Israelis call their periodic attacks on Gaza “mowing the grass.”
To Palestinians, the phrase has a more traditional meaning. (Photo taken on the Gaza side of the Rafah terminal, Dec. 2012).
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Israelis call their periodic attacks on Gaza “mowing the grass.”
To Palestinians, the phrase has a more traditional meaning. (Photo taken on the Gaza side of the Rafah terminal, Dec. 2012).
Such a cruel and dehumanizing phrase.
Pretty much sums up the dark place Israel has morphed into, and seems hell- bent on pursuing.
There is also “the neighbor procedure” where the Israeli army takes an innocent civilian for use as a human shield . And they moan about the cynicism of the Cossacks back in old Russia .
marc b. posted this comment a few days ago. It was about “surperfluous young men” the “grass” that Israel believes it must mow), and Martin Kramer.
Apparently this is a science-ism/rationalization away from the intractable moral issue of the inevitable consequences of occupation and deprivation. Any occupation. Any insurgency, imho.
https://mondoweiss.mystagingwebsite.com/2013/12/intimidated-supported-boycott.html/comment-page-1#comment-623124
Whether Heinsohn was the originator or just the packager it’s not clear. What is clear is the gravitation of modern/Israeli war-thought toward manageability rather than solution, and especially away from not doing it in the first place.
It strikes me as a “we’re smarter than everyone else that has come before us in dealing with insurgency” kind of conceit (all anti-insurgency wars fail, short of the annihilation of the insurgents). Doomed to repeat past failure.
Great comment, marc b.
PS. Which raises another sinister aspect in the “economic peace” strategy. Maybe this is obvious to everyone else, but it seems that Israel wants to let Palestinians have just enough quality of life so that they become very reluctant to throw it away in favor of open hostility.
“Oh my god they have grass in gaza. It must not be so bad after all” says the hasbraist
They say Gaza is not occupied. Israel controls it. They say it is not apartheid. The Palestinians have no rights but they say rights are granted by states. The Palestinians are stateless. They say this is their fault.