Breaking the Silence*
@BtSIsrael
Dead children aren’t a PR problem, they’re a moral catastrophe. They are victims of Orwellian promises of “surgical” bombings, “proportional” airstrikes and so-called “deviations” from the rules of engagement on the densely populated enclave we keep under siege.
Even urging people to know “what is being done in our name,” as one school teacher wrote online, is treated by many in the media and public as treasonous. But the real betrayal is the blindness and efforts to silence those who seek the truth. A betrayal of basic human values.
We’re silent on policies that get children killed. Blind to lives lost. Choosing not to see the ongoing human suffering won’t make it go away. Until we chose to see and use our voices, we’ll keep circling back to this supposed “no-choice” reality. But we all have a choice.
Most local news outlets only show the grim silent images of bombed out buildings; these are supposed to be easier to stomach when the purpose is to show how “successful” the war is and how Israel is “winning”. Would anyone really feel victorious at the sight of a dead girl?
*Breaking the Silence is an Israeli veterans’ organization aimed at raising awareness to the dire consequences of prolonged military occupation.