Israeli election ad boasts Gaza bombed back to “stone ages” | The Electronic Intifada
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back to “stone ages”
Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 21 January 2019
Benny Gantz, the former Israeli army chief, is bragging about how much killing and destruction he committed in Gaza in a series of campaign videos for his new political party posted on YouTube and social media over the weekend.
Gantz hopes to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister in elections scheduled for April.
One of the videos, above, shows drone footage of a devastated neighborhood in Gaza in August 2014, following Israel’s 51-day assault on the territory.
The video’s title includes the words “Parts of Gaza were returned to the stone ages.”
Against the swell of dramatic music, captions on screen announce, “6,231 targets destroyed,” and “1,364 terrorists killed.”
The ad then claims that this carnage brought “3.5 years of quiet.”
A second video displays a kill-counter on screen racking up bodies until the number 1,364 is reached. In the background Palestinians are seen conducting funerals.
The video is another depraved celebration of killing.
All the videos contain the words “Only the strong win.”
And they close with Gantz’s campaign slogan “Israel before everything,” which could just as well be translated as the Trumpian “Israel first.”
Admission of war crimes