Absolutely fucking horrific. I’m struck by the many instances in this roundup in which the IDF seems hyperfocused on eradicating people and places that might embody care & tending, as if to sever the possibility of a care economy, by and for Palestinians, from taking root. And the perversion of aid sites, self-described by the IDF as an ostensible effort of expressed care (which IMO more exist to serve a perverse argument in which they can’t possibly be genociding if they are at least attempting to feed people), instead becoming new sites of annihilation. It seems to me there is a goal to leave no psychic or physical territory free from the looming shadow of possible death or mutilation. A total eclipsing of possibility, of any life-affirming expressions of basic humanity & dignity.
Don’t know if Glazer was deliberate in connecting the family scenes in “Zone of Interest” behind a wall separating them from the horrors on the side, with Israelis currently chilling on the beaches of Tel Aviv while a genocide is happening behind a wall just kilometres away. But I know I couldn’t help making the connection while watching the film.
"global zone of interest" thanks for this, especially the photo comparison of Bethlehem playground - people are making these connections more and more, at last
This just keeps getting worse. Every time I think it can't get more depraved, it does. They're not just destroying every form of life in Gaza. They're systematically erasing the possibility of life, of renewal, of a future. This is what Genocide is.
Reminds me of Srebrenica - they systematically slaughtered thousands of men but spared the women - not out of mercy. It was strategy. They didn't have to murder everyone for it to constitute genocide. The intent was to erase a people, 'purify' the land & prevent future life.
What's happening in Gaza is on a far greater scale. Unlike anything we've witnessed so far.
What is there left to say, as we watch with open eyes what humans are capable of? To go to such lengths, not just to kill, but to make life itself impossible. Why?
I keep circling the question - how can humans love their own children & show empathy for their own circle but are okay with watching others burn and even justify it? Are humans that adept at compartmentalizing? Out of sight, out of mind? 🤷
Maybe continuing to ask these questions prevents us from normalizing any of it. But the UN report just came out naming all the companies profiting from this genocide. We're all familiar with the companies. We use their services. And, I think it confirms what you said that we do live in the zone of interest now, so it's already been normalized for us. Evil embedded in the mundane, everyday machinery of our lives. Disturbing 😳
As always devastating to Palestinians and to us watching. The outright murder of doctors and their families are unforgiveable and done without an outcry or action to stop it from the UN. It is as if this 21 month killing field is not happening. And the aggressors act as if they are playing some game. It is telling that they think online images of death and mourning are 'Pallywood'. Let this weekly record stand as evidence against genocide denial.
Absolutely fucking horrific. I’m struck by the many instances in this roundup in which the IDF seems hyperfocused on eradicating people and places that might embody care & tending, as if to sever the possibility of a care economy, by and for Palestinians, from taking root. And the perversion of aid sites, self-described by the IDF as an ostensible effort of expressed care (which IMO more exist to serve a perverse argument in which they can’t possibly be genociding if they are at least attempting to feed people), instead becoming new sites of annihilation. It seems to me there is a goal to leave no psychic or physical territory free from the looming shadow of possible death or mutilation. A total eclipsing of possibility, of any life-affirming expressions of basic humanity & dignity.
Don’t know if Glazer was deliberate in connecting the family scenes in “Zone of Interest” behind a wall separating them from the horrors on the side, with Israelis currently chilling on the beaches of Tel Aviv while a genocide is happening behind a wall just kilometres away. But I know I couldn’t help making the connection while watching the film.
"global zone of interest" thanks for this, especially the photo comparison of Bethlehem playground - people are making these connections more and more, at last
This just keeps getting worse. Every time I think it can't get more depraved, it does. They're not just destroying every form of life in Gaza. They're systematically erasing the possibility of life, of renewal, of a future. This is what Genocide is.
Reminds me of Srebrenica - they systematically slaughtered thousands of men but spared the women - not out of mercy. It was strategy. They didn't have to murder everyone for it to constitute genocide. The intent was to erase a people, 'purify' the land & prevent future life.
What's happening in Gaza is on a far greater scale. Unlike anything we've witnessed so far.
What is there left to say, as we watch with open eyes what humans are capable of? To go to such lengths, not just to kill, but to make life itself impossible. Why?
I keep circling the question - how can humans love their own children & show empathy for their own circle but are okay with watching others burn and even justify it? Are humans that adept at compartmentalizing? Out of sight, out of mind? 🤷
Maybe continuing to ask these questions prevents us from normalizing any of it. But the UN report just came out naming all the companies profiting from this genocide. We're all familiar with the companies. We use their services. And, I think it confirms what you said that we do live in the zone of interest now, so it's already been normalized for us. Evil embedded in the mundane, everyday machinery of our lives. Disturbing 😳
As always devastating to Palestinians and to us watching. The outright murder of doctors and their families are unforgiveable and done without an outcry or action to stop it from the UN. It is as if this 21 month killing field is not happening. And the aggressors act as if they are playing some game. It is telling that they think online images of death and mourning are 'Pallywood'. Let this weekly record stand as evidence against genocide denial.
I’m biased as an educator, but the IOF in camps indoctrination stuff is disturbing, albeit not surprising.