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But on that day in Beit Lahia, something happened, says Yoni (a psyeudonym, as are the names of other interviewees). "Terrorists, terrorists," one soldier shouted. "We go into a frenzy, and I get on the Negev [a machinegun] right away and start spraying, firing hundreds of bullets. We then charged forward, and I realized it was a mistake."

There were no terrorists there. "I saw the bodies of two children, maybe 8 or 10 years old, I have no idea," recalls Yoni. "There was blood everywhere, lots of signs of gunfire, I knew it was all on me, that I did this. I wanted to throw up. After a few minutes, the company commander arrived and said coldly, as if he wasn't a human being, 'They entered an extermination zone, it is their fault, this is what war is like.'"

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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

There's a short story by Andy Weir called "The Egg", and the premise -- spoiler alert -- is that every human being is a reincarnation of the same single soul cycling through reality over and over inhabiting each person. So every person on Earth -- parents, their children, bosses and employees, your best friend, your lover, your rival, every politician and their opponent and every voter too are all fundamentally the same person interacting with themselves.

And if one can get past their hatred for members of a genocidal cult, it's a profound metaphor. If we appreciate all creatures as linked, Every Nazi was unwittingly murdering their own brother. Every American in Vietnam didn't realize that the person on the other end of the bullet was secretly their own father. And this doesn't just hold for the bad guys: every American who shot a Nazi was killing a version of themselves.

War is hell. The Israelis got sold a lie, that it was possible to poison a hand that you didn't like, as if poison can be isolated to one part of a whole. The mission has been one of mutual death this whole time, and so many of them only discover it after they sold their soul.

I want peace so badly. Not vengeance, even for the most wicked. I understand why people want vengeance, but all I want is peace, equality, and dignity universally. I feel like I'm watching a civilization kill itself.

[–] innerwar@lemmy.ca 0 points 17 hours ago

Hear hear, thank you for the recommendation

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Death death death to the IDF!

[–] MrSmoothPP@lemmy.zip 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I have no patience for IDF sob stories. End the genocide or shut the fuck up.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

it's incredible that the primary thing this story does is make clear that probably the best (or second best) thing you can do for the world as an IDF soldier is just kill yourself

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 21 hours ago

Kill almost anyone besides those you are being told to kill, yes.