*Gaslighting Hundreds of Thousands of Israeli "War Deniers"
Plus Religious Zionism in a nutshell, and more
“Our job is not just to pack everyone in the building,” says the state operative on Channel 13 at the start of the embedded video. (Wow, he actually said that.)
No, their job is much more grandiose than just packing everyone in the building. They want to have different kinds of people meeting each other in convenient cities. How thoughtful of them! Pack me in the building, please!
The rest of the video is a montage from Israeli media demonstrating a strong correlation between recent missile strikes and state plans for pinui binui, widespread demolition of existing homes and neighborhoods to replace them with ugly skyscrapers — of course, for our safety from earthquakes and missiles.
These plans are highly lucrative for real estate developers and the state, and very much in line with globalist objectives (such as 15-minute cities/ghettos/prisons) that Israel has publicly adopted as goals for the near future.
However, many citizens object to being forced to move when their apartment is demolished, enduring a years-long construction nightmare, then returning to live on floor 33 in a smart tower of Bavel, surrounded by thousands more people all sharing the same infrastructure.
This is a conundrum, because the state has to pretend that citizens still have rights and their vote matters.
It’s quite convenient, therefore, that Iran has often chosen to fire missiles specifically at buildings and neighborhoods that the state and its ruling class had in mind for pinui binui anyway. With the demolition stage already thrust upon the citizens, like it or not, approvals for construction are fast-tracked, and building back better can proceed without inconvenient objections and other delays.
The state also recently decided that those who don’t voluntarily agree to sign off on these projects can be forced to sell their home to the state — an offer they can’t refuse — because Israel is a Jewish state and the only democracy in the Middle East.
Of course, correlation does not equal causation. Then again, a smoking gun is not proof that a bullet has been fired. Would any insurance company accept this many coincidences from you?
Mordechai Sones explores this subject in greater depth:
How Iran’s Missiles Happen To Be Clearing the Path for Israel’s Real Estate Giants: The curious case of the 10% ‘misses’ that became multi-million dollar hits
Read it here.
Western-educated people tend to be the dumbest people around — the higher the education the lower the critical thinking skills — so you might be surprised to learn that hundreds of thousands of Israelis from across the spectrum are not buying the official narrative about this “Iranian war”.
If you’re one of them, it’s good to know that you’re not in the extreme minority, as the media would have you believe. The same was true during Covid; the 90% who distrusted the narrative believed they were just 10% or less, and were timid because of it.
Now pause for a moment and consider the following. Imagine you were the leader of a country, you loved the country and its people, and you were doing everything in your power to protect them and improve their lives.
However, a very significant and increasing percentage of the population believes the exact opposite about you. They believe you are thoroughly corrupt, a criminal, a traitor, possibly even a foreign agent. They believe you have sold them out time and time again for power and profit. They believe you and your cohorts are monsters, literally killing and enslaving your own population to advance an evil globalist agenda.
They could not be more wrong! You might not be perfect — you have an impossible job, after all — but you are sincere and righteous. You even went to the Kotel with a tallis and a camera crew, and you attended a Megilla reading on Purim when it was forbidden for everyone else!
So what would you do when one Israeli Facebook group alone has 40,000 members who believe the worst conspiracies about you, and numerous other social media groups have tens of thousands of additional members, not to mention all the haredim and Arab citizens who view you with utmost suspicion, to say the least?
Rightly or wrongly, there is a serious trust issue here. As someone who cares so much about the people, you would want to know why so many people thing the worse things about you, and you would sincerely address their concerns in a transparent, genuine, human way. You would understand that trust is not earned with theatrical statements and media stunts, but with accessibility, respect, and meaningful actions.
Of course, you might just choose to gaslight them instead.
That’s what the regime did once again, in a recent article in Mako (Hebrew here, passable English translation here).
Instead of addressing why hundreds of thousands of citizens are not buying the official narrative, why they find it more likely that their own government or the Americans are firing missiles at them than Iranians, the author refers to them as “war deniers”, lumps all “conspiracy theorists” together — as if all “conspiracy theories” are both ludicrous and equally ludicrous — and that these people are mentally ill.
“As absurd and outrageous as they may be,” the article condescendingly states, “such stories serve a clear psychological function: they serve as a defense mechanism against a dangerous and unpredictable world.”
I will be the first to admit that “conspiracy theorists” are far from perfect in their reasoning, and have shared information that turned out to be false. But you know what? The same is true of the media, many times over, with contempt. What right do they have to talk down to anyone? Why does anyone still believe them at all? Why are they held to a much more lenient standard than those who are skeptical of them?
Why do those who distrust the official narratives have the full burden of proof squarely on them, every single time, with no amount of evidence ever deemed sufficient? Why do I have to bat a thousand, and even then be ignored or dismissed by the pseudo-intellectuals, but the media can publish lies, spin, and utter nonsense day after day, and still be viewed as authoritative sources of information?
The answer is that those who trust the official narratives want to believe the lies, because they too have sold out in one way or another. At the end of the day, they have sellouts as leaders because that is what they want, and that is what they deserve.
The priests of Molech didn’t snatch children. The people offered them up.
While waiting to be allowed out of your kefira room, consider this:
But wait a second. Shouldn’t they close the shul down in light of this clear and present danger? Shouldn’t members pray at home, or in shelters in small groups?
Why are the same people who reflexively praise the defiance of Jews outside of Israel for keeping their shuls open, despite the risk of being killed, vilifying the very same reaction of Jews inside Israel who refuse to close their shuls?
Here’s another fascinating exhibit from Arutz Sheva:
The head of the Sderot Hesder Yeshiva, Rabbi David Pendel, together with the yeshiva’s rabbinic staff, recently sent a letter to students currently serving in the IDF. The letter responds to questions from soldiers about whether it is permissible under Jewish law to serve in close quarters with female personnel, particularly in the context of the cramped space inside military vehicles.
In short, they acknowledge that it’s forbidden for many reasons.
The letter ends with a clear directive: soldiers should avoid being in these circumstances. If a soldier encounters such a situation, the rabbis wrote, he should request that his commanders and the military rabbinate prevent it from occurring.
In other words, even though it’s forbidden for many reasons, the directive is pointedly not to uphold the supremacy of the Torah above all else and refuse immoral orders that violate the Torah. The directive is certainly not to tell the IDF to go to hell and you’re done with them.
No, the directive is to politely request of wicked IDF commanders not to compel you to violate the Torah, then to just follow orders and violate the Torah anyway. The Torah always bends to the will of the state. That’s the ruling of rabbis who work for the state.
Religious Zionism in a nutshell.
FYI, I tried calling the yeshiva to speak to question them about this, but couldn’t get anyone on the phone. Funny how the people preaching to the masses tend to be so difficult to reach and question if you aren’t part of their little club. The dialogue is always one-sided.
Maybe you should wear a bulletproof vest 24/7. You never know when there will be a terrorist attack, or a sudden burst of crossfire from gang warfare. Surely it would save a life.
If you consider that an unreasonable precaution, you need to explain exactly where you draw the line between responsible and unreasonable, and why specifically there.
Where should a Jew be running in a time of trouble? To communal places of prayer and Torah, or away from them?
מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ ה’ אֱלֹקינו
שֶׁשַּמְתָּ חֶלְקֵנוּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ
וְלֹא שַׂמְתָּ חֶלְקֵנוּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי מִקְלָטים
שֶׁאָנוּ מַשְׁכִּימִים וְהֵם מַשְׁכִּימִים
אָנוּ מַשְׁכִּימִים לְדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה
וְהֵם מַשְׁכִּימִים לִדְבָרִים בְּטֵלִים
אָנוּ עֲמֵלִים וְהֵם עֲמֵלִים
אָנוּ עֲמֵלִים וּמְקַבְּלִים שָׂכָר
וְהֵם עֲמֵלִים וְאֵינָם מְקַבְּלִים שָׂכָר
אָנוּ רָצִים וְהֵם רָצִים
אָנוּ רָצִים לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא
וְהֵם רָצִים לִבְאֵר שָׁחַת
1 comment:
This is what the chinese did with their cities. This is a global thing getting people to live in the urban areas in these monstrous structures for surveillance.
No one to have property,, c'v. When is Moshiach coming and all this will be gone?
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