Thanks for this post. Dehumanization is a prerequisite for genocide as history has shown us and as we're witnessing now. And it's being pushed by mainstream media too. We can't fall for it.
The Talmud is the source of the sectarian hatred we are witnessing. With writings that state things like, "even the best of gentiles should be killed", and, "if a jew kills a gentile, it is no crime", it is no wonder that a Jewish state would be founded upon hate and murder. All national governments who support the genocide are therefore condemning themselves as murderers.
Thanks for this post. Dehumanization is a prerequisite for genocide as history has shown us and as we're witnessing now. And it's being pushed by mainstream media too. We can't fall for it.
I hope people don't fall for it. I'm so disappointed in mainstream media's biased reporting, but not surprised.
Excellent poem and opinion piece, and I hadn't seen that Al Jazeera video - thanks.
I wrote the poem years ago during another bombing frenzy by Israel.
And if you want an ironical laugh, watch the trailer for 'A Gaza Weekend' - https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/israel-under-un-lockdown-gaza-weekend-movie
In case you haven't seen the doccie - https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/abby-fights-for-gaza-gaza-fights-for-freedom
The Talmud is the source of the sectarian hatred we are witnessing. With writings that state things like, "even the best of gentiles should be killed", and, "if a jew kills a gentile, it is no crime", it is no wonder that a Jewish state would be founded upon hate and murder. All national governments who support the genocide are therefore condemning themselves as murderers.
human being See MONSTER.
—Ballentine's Law Dictionary (1930)
monster A human being by birth, but in some part resembling a lower animal. A monster hath no inheritable blood, and cannot be heir to any land.
—Ballentine's Law Dictionary (1930)