Re: Re: We're Muslims. We can't be blamed.
- From: Topaz <mars1933@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:14:32 -0500
September 10, 2005
Israel's Successful Use of the Art of Realpolitik
by Ramzy Baroud
Many lessons can be drawn from the observation of Israeli dominion
over
the Palestinians in the past fifty-five years, most notably the
audacious mandate of institutionalized violence.
Even more alarming than the crimes themselves is the fact that even
after blatantly violating international law, Israel manages to remain
in the safety of the fold of the international community. Perhaps the
Sharon government gleaned its wisdom from Niccolo Machiavelli's
treatise, The Prince, rather than the Geneva Conventions. Consider the
following scenario as a paradigm of the Machiavellian philosophy
applied to the "Palestinian problem":
The fall of the classic theory and practice of imperialism compels us
modern imperialists, who are keenly interested in maintaining control
of our remaining settlements, to develop an advanced strategy that
will
protect our interests. Consolidating our power over indigenous
populations may be difficult, but if done the right way, the Israeli
way, that is, our settlements can be successfully sustained while our
subjects are effectively subdued.
An important factor in institutionalizing oppression is through the
utilization of the legal system. Israel has successfully passed laws,
such as the Law of Return, which allow Jews and only Jews, to
immigrate
to Israel based on their race, while Palestinians are denied the right
to live in their homeland and on their own property because they don't
fit into this category.
Moreover, the Absentee Law allows the state to confiscate the property
of dispossessed Palestinians and claim it as state property. These
laws
have proved quite successful, since they make race the determining
factor in attaining rights in Israel, with Jews as first class
citizens
and Arabs second class. They also rid Israel of some five million
refugees, scattered elsewhere.
Another important element of institutionalized oppression is military
occupation. Israel has occupied Palestine and other Arab lands for
decades. This way, although condemned by futile United Nations
resolutions, Israel has successfully achieved the upper hand over its
subjects.
The modern imperialist must understand that a strong army remains
essential in controlling the settlements and their people. Thanks to
the sheer strength of Israel's invincible army, Palestinian rebellions
have been suppressed through massive applications of force. It doesn't
matter whether force is used against armed or unarmed individuals,
children, women or the elderly. What matters most is conveying a
message that subjects have no chance of gaining the rights for which
they fight, and if they want to live, they must surrender to whatever
the State demands.
Today's imperialists must use the mass media, for it is unquestionably
the most effective tool in winning today's wars. It is important that
the message conveyed through the media highlights the losses of the
colonialist, not the colonized. The media must portray us as civilized
and our enemies as savage; it must show us as righteous and our
enemies
as wicked; it must show us as peaceful and our enemies as terrorists.
If the media is tightly controlled, we can fashion our own reality. We
can cause the world to blame our enemy when we kill their children,
and
we can make our soldiers heroes while their fighters are branded as
criminals. Israel has indeed mastered the art of media control, to the
point that we can even blame Palestinian parents for sending their
children to be killed to grab media attention. Interestingly enough,
many believe us.
Killing your enemies, torturing prisoners, occupying land and
confiscating properties are very important, but not enough. You must
humble the enemy while you carry out your policies. The tactic of
humiliation is indeed a winning stratagem, for through its employment,
you can destroy the spirit of your enemy. Yes you can kill a man, but
slaying him as his family watches and then stealing his dead body is
more effective.
You can beat a defiant young man who refuses to plead for mercy, but
if
you strip him naked first, you will certainly break his defiant spirit
and make him wish for death. Yes you can torture a prisoner by beating
him, but imagine how successful it will be if you threaten to rape, or
if you do in fact rape, his wife or sister. We've done it, and it was
often quite successful.
If your subjects submit, reward them with partial freedom and allow
them to get menial jobs. But if they defy you, clamp down and have no
mercy. Otherwise they will rebel too often. If you push them until
they
rise up against you, don't back down. Fight back. Close down their
schools, uproot their trees, burn down their farms, block their
streets, isolate their cities, demolish their homes, throw them in
jail, keep them under curfew for weeks, deny them clean water,
electricity and basic supplies.
If they increase their defiance by using firearms, then feel free to
do
all that can be done. In Israel, for example, we are using our best
high-tech weapons against them: F-15s, F-16s, Apache helicopters,
missiles and more.
Destroy their symbols and deny them an identity. In Israel we have
destroyed numerous mosques and have attacked and desecrated many
churches. Imagine what that made them feel? Even God cannot protect
them now.
If you issue them with identification cards, designate their
nationality as "undefined." Burn their flags, ban their books, forbid
them from learning their own history; call their intellectuals
"militants" and their leaders "fanatics." Make them feel trapped with
nowhere to escape.
Besiege their land, their air and water. Make them feel like a wild
animal trapped in a net. Terrorize them. Give them ultimatums. Force
them to accept their fate, which of course you ordain.
Turn them against each other whenever possible. Some of them might be
weak, easy to manipulate. Use these to spy on the others. If such
traitors become known, they'll be jailed or even executed. That's
good,
because then, like we do here in Israel, you can tell the world that
your enemies violate human rights. You win both ways.
Build trenches and enormous walls around their fertile land, towns and
villages, as we have done throughout the West Bank with our famous
security fence. We said it was a security measure. The world believed
us, and the people lost thousands of hectares of fertile land that is
now in our hands, free of its inhabitants, whose high numbers have
threatened our racial supremacy for generations.
Eradicate their forests and woodlands. Dump your toxic waste in their
land and destroy their environment. In short, imprison their men, rape
their land, murder their youth and push them to the brink of
desperation, to the point of suicide, literally. You will then have
succeeded in the complete dehumanization and defeat of your enemy,
while through the media you will have convinced the world you are
actually the victim.
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