Of Gideon Levy
Source: Comedonchisciotte
About two months ago some news shocked the world. Sergei Skripal, former Russian spy who was a double agent for the benefit of the United Kingdom, he was poisoned together with his daughter Yulia in a park in Salisbury. The British authorities immediately responded pointed the finger at Russia and expelled dozens of Russian diplomats in retaliation for the attempted assassination. What infuriated London was the attempted murder (we know that the West is very sensitive to the value of human life), but above all the idea that Russia had dared to act on British soil.
A few weeks later another murder occurred, this time successful. In una strada in Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, twelve bullets hit Dr. Fadi al Batsh, electronic engineer from Jabaliya refugee camp, of Gaza. The two hitmen were riding a motorbike. First it was said that it was a BMW. Then came the fix, era una Kawasaki. Al Batsh had given a lecture at the university and, according to sources, was responsible for developing weapons on behalf of Hamas.
All eyes immediately turned towards Israel. Yet no state has thought of expelling a single Israeli diplomat from its territory and no one has criticized Tel Aviv. For the world nothing happened. Al Batsh was not murdered. Malaysia's sovereignty has not been violated. After all, why should we compare a Russian spy to a Palestinian engineer, or British sovereignty to that of Malaya?
A false ambiguity
The system of double standards has once again appeared in all its evidence: what is good for Israel is absolutely forbidden for others, even for Russia. The Russians are famous for their murders with poison. Israel, on the other hand, is the only democracy in the world, so he can also use poison (as in the attempted assassination of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in 1997).
Israel has maintained a false ambiguity on the matter, but winks at her, the hints, the allusions, the smiles and bluster leave no doubt: the good guys at Mossad have struck again. Minister Yoav Galant stated: “We will hunt everyone down, we will follow them to the other side of the world".
A few weeks later another murder occurred, this time successful. In una strada in Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, twelve bullets hit Dr. Fadi al Batsh, electronic engineer from Jabaliya refugee camp, of Gaza. The two hitmen were riding a motorbike. First it was said that it was a BMW. Then came the fix, era una Kawasaki. Al Batsh had given a lecture at the university and, according to sources, was responsible for developing weapons on behalf of Hamas.
All eyes immediately turned towards Israel. Yet no state has thought of expelling a single Israeli diplomat from its territory and no one has criticized Tel Aviv. For the world nothing happened. Al Batsh was not murdered. Malaysia's sovereignty has not been violated. After all, why should we compare a Russian spy to a Palestinian engineer, or British sovereignty to that of Malaya?
A false ambiguity
The system of double standards has once again appeared in all its evidence: what is good for Israel is absolutely forbidden for others, even for Russia. The Russians are famous for their murders with poison. Israel, on the other hand, is the only democracy in the world, so he can also use poison (as in the attempted assassination of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in 1997).
Israel has maintained a false ambiguity on the matter, but winks at her, the hints, the allusions, the smiles and bluster leave no doubt: the good guys at Mossad have struck again. Minister Yoav Galant stated: “We will hunt everyone down, we will follow them to the other side of the world".
Killers walk among us. Some have made careers
Israel appreciated this act of courage, as he always appreciates the killing of Arabs, especially when it doesn't happen in broad daylight, from the targeted assassination of Abu Jihad, killed in Tunis in 1988 in front of his wife and children, passing through Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (killed in Gaza in 2004) e Yahya Ayyash (killed in Gaza in 1996) up to all the murders abroad: a Palestinian engineer specializing in drones in Tunis, a nuclear scientist in Tehran, a senior Hezbollah officer in Beirut, Samir Kuntar a Damascus and Mahmoud al Mabhuh a Dubai. Bulgaria is notorious for assassins using poisoned umbrella tips, but the secret agents dressed as tennis players in Dubai they are heroes.
All these acts are murder and the perpetrators are murderers for hire. Some might argue that the killings were justified, that they saved human lives or that the victims deserved to die. But that doesn't mean they aren't murders. Killers walk among us. Some have made careers.
No public debate
Maybe some murders represent the realization of sick fantasies. Some were superfluous, because every victim gives way to a substitute, usually more extremist than those who preceded him. Everyone else is just stupid. Kill Khalil al Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad – an act considered the height of audacity (in his bed in Tunis) and which involved the murder of one of the important Palestinian leaders who could have become negotiating partners – it was idiocy. Moshe Yaalon continues to brag about it to this day. Israel is proud of him. It's the kind of murder (punishment, deterrence, prevention or revenge) which is usually carried out by mafia families.
All these acts are murder and the perpetrators are murderers for hire. Some might argue that the killings were justified, that they saved human lives or that the victims deserved to die. But that doesn't mean they aren't murders. Killers walk among us. Some have made careers.
No public debate
Maybe some murders represent the realization of sick fantasies. Some were superfluous, because every victim gives way to a substitute, usually more extremist than those who preceded him. Everyone else is just stupid. Kill Khalil al Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad – an act considered the height of audacity (in his bed in Tunis) and which involved the murder of one of the important Palestinian leaders who could have become negotiating partners – it was idiocy. Moshe Yaalon continues to brag about it to this day. Israel is proud of him. It's the kind of murder (punishment, deterrence, prevention or revenge) which is usually carried out by mafia families.
Al Batsh was probably involved in weapons development, but we can hardly argue that he deserved to die for it. None of the fanatics in the media and public opinion have the slightest idea what his job was and whether he deserved death. There is and will be no sign of a public debate on the matter. We can blindly trust the Mossad.
Thousands of Israeli engineers are developing weapons far more dangerous and devastating than Hamas kites. They deserve to die too? The Palestinians would be right to want to kill them? A state that sends death squads to the other side of the world is not something to be proud of. In the end these people are just killers for hire.
Link: https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/gideon-levy/2018/04/27/israele-omicidi-mirati
27.04.2018
(Translation by Andrea Sparacino)
Thousands of Israeli engineers are developing weapons far more dangerous and devastating than Hamas kites. They deserve to die too? The Palestinians would be right to want to kill them? A state that sends death squads to the other side of the world is not something to be proud of. In the end these people are just killers for hire.
Link: https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/gideon-levy/2018/04/27/israele-omicidi-mirati
27.04.2018
(Translation by Andrea Sparacino)
This article was published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz
In the photo: The funeral of Fadi al Batsh in the Jabaliya refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip, il 26 April 2018. (Ali Jadallah, Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The problem of part of the Italian right is precisely their scandalous Zionism, pro-Israelitism, whatever you want to call it.
Right and true, Unfortunately, Riccardo !