Thread by @ori_goldberg

1/ Israel makes a lot of noise. Make no mistake; Israel also sheds lot of blood and destroys a lot of space, but it makes a lot of noise as it does so. Noise has been a Netanyahu trademark since he was a young up-and-comer. Noise isn't necessarily self-praise. Just noise. --->

2/ This helps to blur lines and disguise faults and failures. There are always so many distractions when attempting to consider Israeli policy and actions! Puppet politicians contributing inane opinions, conflicting military accounts, general whining... a lot of noise. --->

3/ But sometimes, if you have patience, the noise fades and you are left with unimpeachable truth, a clear reflection of mindset and follow-through measures. When this happens, it is worth a reflection even as the usual onslaught of
noise continues unabated. --->

4/ IDF debriefings about the Rafah tent massacre are being released. According to these debriefings Israeli intelligence efforts focused exclusively on the tin shack that housed the two "senior Hamas commanders". (Reminder- they had last engaged in terrorism 20 years ago.) --->

5/ This shack was part of a dense compound of similar shacks surrounded by fabric tents. No thought, according to the IDF, had been given to the presence of civilians in adjoining shacks. No thought had been given to the flammable material of which the tents were made. --->

6/ The number of bombs dropped on the compound is debatable, but it ranged from six to ten. The IDF claimed they were 17 kg bombs. That was just the weight of the explosives. The bombs weighed more than 110 kg each. Their blast radius was 600 meters. They were hugely lethal. --->

7/ The truth that emerges from these debriefings (remember, official IDF) does not indicate a conscious plan to kill as many Palestinians as possible. I believe the IDF when it says "no thought was given". There were goals and benchmarks. There was no room for context. --->

8/ That is the horrible truth. Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza has come to be through no thought being given. Gazans and Palestinians are not objects of Israeli thought. They are not worthy. Genocide requires meticulous planning of actual destruction. This is different. --->

9/ The decades of dehumanization were meticulous. The eradication of Palestinian presence from Israeli space was meticulous. The oppression and the occupation were not, I think, means for physical annihilation. They successfully shaped Israeli minds devoid of Palestinians. --->

10/ When it was time for "war", when the dogs could be let loose, there was no need for "thought". In fact, no thought needed to be given. The outcome was irrelevant as long as Israeli benchmarks were made. The Palestinians were not actually there, after all. --->

11/ The genocide is a product of "no thought was given". It isn't the other way around. Israel had become a master of dehumanization, negating its Palestinian subjects (and citizens). The IDF isn't lying when it says "no thought was given". That is the motto of the genocide.