A Colonial Addiction: The Twisted Logic Of The Netanyahu Government
Charlton Heston has been on my mind recently.
That famous call during the NRA conference in 2000 after Columbine, “From my cold dead hands,” has been swirling around my head lately.
Why? Because it reminds me of Benjamin Netanyahu. But in my head Bibi isn’t holding a rifle. He’s holding a hammer. A builder’s hammer. To keep on building. At any price.
Heston and the NRA couldn’t care less about the lost lives of innocent people. The right to bear arms is above all. Protecting it as will continue at any cost.
When Bibi promised his coalition partners from the right wing to continue building in the settlements so they wouldn’t go ballistic after releasing over 100 Palestinian prisoners, he proved his addiction to the colonial project. The colonial project is above all. Colonizing will continue at any cost.
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