Iranian cement and occupation whitewash

An interesting title for an Israeli article in Haaretz by Gideon Levy. Levy said that a country that basks in the glory of military achievement, no matter how impressive, is not a healthy country. I think it is only the just and comprehensive peace that all should work for: ”blessed are the peacemakers”.

Unfortunately, the Israeli occupation authorities have allied themselves with the cannibalistic wahabi terrorists in launching aggressions against Syrians. Unwisely and instead of trying to re-launch the in comma Madrid peace talks, Israeli authorities have left no stone unturned as to repeatedly target and attack Syria, the key player in whatever peace or non-peace!

How many times can they show a sack of cement that’s labeled “Made in Iran” before our brain goes numb? How much praise can be heaped on a daring maritime operation before it makes us dizzy? How many times can we listen to the navy commander, surrounded by cameras, of course, radio the chief of staff to tell him “the ship is in our hands” – as if it were Motta Gur’s Six-Day War pronouncement that “the Temple Mount is in our hands” – before the scene becomes a parody? Wrote Levy.

Israel, which has sold and continues to sell weapons to almost every dark and outcast nation, explains to the world that this is how the (Iranian) evil network operates. Israel, which is armed with almost every kind of weapon in the world, does not allow others to arm themselves with even a little of what it has (what would happen if someone would have taken over an arms ship bound for Israel?). “We are not pirates, we are the Israel Defense Forces,” screamed one ridiculous headline over the weekend. Another boasted: “Our forces at their best.” That Israel’s best? The Israel’s only best? Not to forget that Israel is the only nuclear power with more than 200 nukes in the region.

…. But why deal with unimportant details when the national orgy is at its height? And why be a party pooper, when parties are so rare? But a country that basks in the glory of military achievement, no matter how impressive, is not a healthy country. After every possible praise had been heaped on the commanders and the soldiers, the Intelligence Corps and the navy, “IDF” intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi and navy commander Maj. Gen. Ram Rothberg, the commando units Shayetet 13 and Shayetet 7; after we were repeatedly shown the defense minister and the chief of staff huddled in Tel Aviv’s underground military command center; after we saw the masked commandos taking over the cargo vessel, and after even the quality of the photographs published by the military were applauded over the weekend, we are also permitted to ask what it’s all about.

It’s good that the rockets were stopped, many lives may have been saved by doing so. But is this a fateful event, an event that will change the face of the country? No matter how successful, this is first and foremost a showcase – the movie can’t be far – intended mainly to serve PR and propaganda purposes and to blur reality and make it disappear.

Israel will wake up tomorrow to the dawn of a new day: the president, the prime minister, ministers, general and ambassadors in a victory photo with the rockets. But this selfie is self-deluding and misleading. The Iranian cement is meant to conceal the rockets and the Israeli whitewash is meant to conceal dangers that are greater than any rocket, Iranian or Syrian. Actually, the sole danger is Israel itself and its occupation of the Golan and uncalculated reckless alliances with Al-Qaeda affiliates.

Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim