I want to emphasize that although this article is written in a manner that shows sympathy to the perpetrators of a genocide, I thought it was a valuable look into the ways that the genocide in Gaza is completely tearing apart the social fabric of Israeli society.
“Some people go into this with a deep sense of mission — of serving their team, their country, of doing something bigger than themselves,” she said. “But over time, that can blur into something else. It can make it easier to dehumanize the other side. I believe there has to be a space between committing war crimes and being killed. I pray we’re still in that space.”
[Ron Howard voice:] They were not.
While it’s easy to simply revel in the fact that the genociders are now feeling the consequences of their actions, I want to try to channel that energy into something productive: as you said, this is tearing at the seams of Israeli society. This is the time to support groups like New Profile or Mesarvot who are trying to rip it wide open, by supporting deserters and conscientious objectors to the Israeli death machine. It’s hard to understand just how far the fascist militarization of Israeli society has progressed, and that needs to get torn down.