For years, Israel used the “Dahiya doctrine” in Gaza. Now it’s using the “Gaza doctrine” in Dahiya — and Tehran.
In leaked comments, the former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence said it is necessary for Israel to carry out a genocide in Gaza: “The fact that there are already 50,000 killed in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations.”
A mainstream Israeli journalist recently blew up a house in Lebanon as part of a news report while embedded with the military. The broadcast shows how mainstream genocidal activity has become in Israeli society.
Considered an icon of resistance against Israel and one of the most influential political figures in the Arab world, Hasan Nasrallah was killed by a massive Israeli airstrike that leveled an entire residential block in Beirut’s Dahiya district.
Multiple human rights reports show that Palestinian armed groups do not use human shields, but Israel does.
Israel’s latest attack on Lebanon represents an expansion of its Dahiya doctrine which intentionally targets civilians to send a political message.
Israel has always punitively killed the families of leaders and resistance figures as collective punishment. It is a sign of Israel’s inability to extract a military victory on the ground.
The U.S. supports Israel unconditionally because it sees the entire Western project in the Middle East at risk today in Gaza. While it may seem these our darkest days, it is also clear that the U.S. and Israel are bound to fail.
Why has Israel overwhelmingly targeted Palestinian civilians in its attack on Gaza? Israeli leaders have told us repeatedly collective punishment is Israel’s official policy, the current attack has just taken it to the next level.
Since October 7, there have been five elements that indicate we may be seeing a paradigm shift in the hundred years’ war waged against the Palestinian people.