Thread by @ori_goldberg

1/ Israel is turning to disassociation as its main coping strategy with its impending implosion. First, there is a conscious disavowal of the government. It isn't about political agendas. Israelis broadly support the genocide. It is about "incompetence". --->

2/ "We deserve better" is the battle cry. It doesn't matter what we or our government think. When push came to shove, when it was crunch time, Israel's citizens stepped up. They joined the army reserves, they volunteered, they persevered. The government bailed. --->

3/ "We will fix this together!" How will we fix this? We will just continue to be awesome and because we are right, all will be well. Effective translation: We won't really mind if Netanyahu wins another election. We don't disagree with his policies. We don't care. --->

4/ Second, there is a profound detachment from actual security concerns. An Israeli living in a constantly bombed kibbutz (Manara) says: "We have to restore security. Not a sense of security but actual security." How? "I'm not a general. That's what the army is for". --->

5/ Effective translation: "Generals, do whatever you want. I don't want to know. How will I feel secure? You tell me." No politics, no choice, not even any conceptual content. Make it alright again. The distance to "kill 'em all!" grows shorter by the second, doesn't it? --->

6/ Third, there is a disassociation by actual troops from the discharging of military duties. The bottom headline says: "Fauda-style killing". The first paragraph reads:
"Adam Faraj, the most wanted man in Balata RC, arriving the day before yesterday at his sister's henna --->

7/ ceremony in Nablus, did not imagine the event would end for him with four bullets in his body, the result of a shooting by undercover officers". There is direct reference to the scene in Fauda. This assassination stands alone. TV precedes life. --->

8/ Fourth, there is a dissociation from history and context. Avigdor Lieberman, a former minister of defense and now a member of the "opposition", spoke at length this morning about the "Iranian Threat". He has a detailed conspiracy theory in place, orchestrated from Tehran. --->

9/ According to Lieberman, everything from October 7th onward is part of an Iranian plan. The plan's purpose is to draw attention away from Iran's planned "rush for the bomb". When accomplished, Iran will attack Israel from several fronta with nuclear weapons. --->

10/ Effective translation: Israel has never been responsible (certainly not at fault) for its predicament. This was all imposed on us by fanatic enemies hellbent on our destruction. We didn't do any of this. It has all been done to us. We are only defending ourselves. --->

11/ Israel is consciously dissociating. We really don't like our reality. We are burning, crumbling, dissipating, even as we carry on with our genocide. We like to think we have "no choice" with regard to the Palestinians. Now we have "no choice" with regard to ourselves.