Girl at scene of blast in Gaza Park 28 July 2014 |
I was locating the source of a video which is of the assault on the civilians (including ambulances, doctors, press) who were attending a strike which had happened 5 minutes earlier. The second assault killed many including the journalist Rami Rayan whilst standing next to an ambulance. It is here:
Live video of the explosion that killed RamiRayan 30 July 2014 |
Why the IDF attack ambulances |
None of us are perfect and it would be insane to try to suggest that the smallest infringement of someone else's 'rights' might justify murder (let alone the slaughter of their family and neighbours including the dog). It would be insane to suggest that Palestinians must be faultless or their extermination is justified. So I want to see and hear both parties grievances. So far the internet seems bereft of any significant evidence of the crimes against Israel which would in any way explain this inhumanity.
Of course one also has to look inside the heads of these humans (metaphorically of course). If there were any explanation (and actually there must be) for this behaviour it would seem to reside in the conceptual world. It is inside people's heads. There are two arenas that spring to mind that contribute: 1) The 'fear' inside Israel's 'head'. This does look like the fear that Palestinians or 'others' would destroy them if they didn't destroy them first. 2) The subjective projection by us all onto the objective world. There is much to be thought about and to be discussed but on the second point it strikes me the thing that perpetuates this relentless violence in the world is because each of us is 'subjugated'. Our 'subjective' view is perverted. Our 'subjective' view is actually the reflected view of our parents (guardians, teachers, figures of authority, peers etc.). In other words we don't actually see the world from our perspective but rather see ourselves as our parents see us and adjust our 'world view' to conform with a 'safe' image of us. In other words we absorb (for want of brevity) the judgemental value system from our culture and keep trying to understand any conflict in terms of who is right and who is wrong. Our subjective view is hijacked by some other - we are subjugated to them. I know this is covered in complex detail in psychology, sociology, political theory, etc. but it needs to be understood how 'we' are driving this insanity.
The overview, however, is clear: There is never any 'justification' for this insane slaughter of disarmed people.
No comments:
Post a Comment