JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ONE MORE REMINDER OF THE BIZARRE STRANGELOVIAN WORLD IN WHICH WE NOW LIVE – “CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION” FOR MASS MURDER – YES, I KID YOU NOT

John Chuckman

COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE ON MPN NEWS

 

“IDF Awards Israeli Soldiers for Deadly Crackdown on Gaza Protests”

“The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Gadi Eisenkot, awarded the IDF’s Gaza Division with a “certificate of appreciation” for contributing to “Israel’s security” by brutally suppressing protests, ongoing since March in the Palestinian enclave.”

 

A “certificate of appreciation”?

For sniper killings of unarmed civilians?

For firing indiscriminately into crowds of thousands only demonstrating for basic human rights?

This has almost a sense of black comedy.

Only in Israel are such things thought worthy of praise.

Which should tell us a lot about Israel’s ability to live in peace with its neighbors.

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