[news] Israel Killing Children in Palestine

[Resist!ca]

"A look at the use of language, perhaps the most accurate gauge of a society's moral collapse, will reveal the degree of racism that has gripped Israel. Media outlets, politicians and even academics have seen fit to brand Palestinian children as 'enemies', 'beasts', 'tormenting attackers' and 'terrorists' throughout this intifada. The main motive behind resorting to such dehumanizing diction in reference to children is a prevalent belief in the Israeli mainstream that Palestinians are more than anything else an imminent danger to be dealt with. They are a people born with a predisposition to terror, as if due to some mysterious genetic disorder. A child is then just a potential terrorist, a literal time-bomb."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/10/31/212421/08