Above is more video from the settler attack on Israeli leftists from over the weekend. Notice the acquiescence (and participation?) of the police.
Watching this I can only believe that the pure fury the settlers display towards the activists is a sign that they know their world is crumbling around them. The activists represent a reality the settlers know to be true – the era of Israeli impunity is coming to an end and their days are numbered. Their illegal and immoral crusade to colonize all of historic Palestine is increasingly being exposed and rejected. The world is watching and has deemed their presence, and worldview, illegitimate. I suspect we’ll see many more videos like this, with increasing violence. Those who believe in Greater Israel will fight until the end. The death throes of an idea can be a very dangerous time.
If there is no occupation there will be no jobs for thousands of Israeli police. No jobs for tens of thousands of soldiers. Israel can’t create jobs for so many uneducated lower middle class people.
and their days are numbered
That is the question, is it not? As the legitimacy of settlers is being called into question, a substitute must be found if the colonial enterprise is to continue. That substitute is violence. I see no particular reason that a state that believes in blood and soil, the cleansing nature of violence, and messianic rebirth needs to disintegrate quickly when it looses all moral legitimacy.
Id like five minutes alone with that guy who hit that woman at the 4:15 mark.
Un-friggin-be-lievable.
Im sure he is just “one bad apple” right eee? right LLI? right Witty?
I cant believe I just watched a video of jewish skin-heads ( most of whom are in the IDF for sure, note the close cropped hair and military time piece on all of them). Im really at a loss.
No need to translate the death threats and revolting, particularly sexist insults hurled by the settler thugs. They’re pretty clear from the physical violence they used against the non-violent Israelis who came to show their solidarity with Mr. El-Rifai.
It is worth translating the gist of El-Rifai’s words at the beginning of the clip however. This man’s land has been stolen and enclosed behind the settlement fence, his grandfather’s tomb has been desecrated, and his olive and fruit trees destroyed. What did he have to say? He spoke about CO-EXISTENCE and wished his Jewish friends a shanah tovah! Incredible.
http://kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=48885
Adam, settlers have been assaulting leftists for decades. Are you sure that the current assault carries some implicit meaning today that is different than assaults in the 80s, 90s, or oughts?