Under the guise of mourning their loved ones, settlers spread Jewish racial doctrine in prime time
One might conclude that for him, the native Palestinians residents of the West Bank were illegal immigrants there — but it’s much worse. According to him, they are “animals” that no other country would have let them to live in.
By Rogel Alpher • Translated by Sol Salbe
The telecasts of eulogies at funerals for settlers in the West Bank, victims of terrorism and war dead, have become the Jewish fundamentalist equivalent of the inciting sermon by a radical imam in the mosque on Friday. Under the guise of mourning, a racial doctrine of Jewish Kahanist and messianic supremacy is being disseminated. The eulogy that Hananel Gez delivered at the funeral of his infant son Ravid Haim, who died about two weeks after the attack in which his mother Tzeela was murdered near the settlement of Bruchin, was telecast in full on Channel 14. A speech to the nation, in full inflammatory mode.
The eulogy dealt with a vision of expelling all the Arabs and enhancing the messianic perspective. “So what should we do?” he brazenly asked. “It’s very simple. We need to do a Transfer [the long-standing term for ethnic cleansing-tr]. Everyone must go.” He called on “all the Arabs” to go “to Honolulu” or “the moon,” and reminded Netanyahu that Trump was removing illegal immigrants. One might conclude that for him, the native Palestinians residents of the West Bank were illegal immigrants there — but it’s much worse. According to him, they are “animals” that no other country would have let them to live in.
While burying his infant son, he did not spare the children, fathers, and husbands of other people, from other families, who have been abducted for 601 days in Gaza. On the contrary. He emphasised that “this joke must end. It’s nothing but a circus. Are we talking about returning murderers and swapping them for our POWs?” In his opinion, the hostage deal is utter madness. He called for the immediate execution of “all these murderers.” The representative of the fascist organisation called “The Reservist Movement — The Victory Generation” explained in the studio that instead of dealing with the individual terrorist, one should deal with his entire village, his culture. In short, deal with “this entire murderous community.” “When it comes to the Gaza Strip,” she stated, “all the Gazans should emigrate”; “and in Judea and Samaria [West Bank]… there should be a collective response only.” Collective: including babies, children, pregnant women, grandmothers and dentists. All the speakers praised the government’s decision to build 22 new settlements. The Jewish solution to the problem of “this entire murderous community” is advancing by leaps and bounds.
Gez demanded that Netanyahu not listen to world opinion. What is the world? Honolulu. The moon. Hogwash and twaddle. Everything outside the Land of Israel. The occupants of the rail carriages where life is still relatively pleasant are unable to stop the fascist locomotive. The train is going off the rails. And in its rear carriages, under the Apartheid regime, sit the Palestinian passengers, helpless.
