Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Elder of Ziyon
Afterwards the girls held up signs against normalization for their Facebook page.
Here's one of the photos.
Let's look at this in more detail.
Most of the signs say "No to normalization" and "don't pay for Israeli bullets."
Gaza stores are filled with products from Israel. Hamas controls Gaza. They could ban all Israeli goods - but they don't, because this is what Gazans want.
And since Gazans started working in Israel again, everyone is trying to get work permits.
Hamas itself isn't boycotting Israel, and every Gazan knows this. So what is this about? Why a school day wasted on having the girls make posters and pose?
Because the point isn't boycott. It is to instill hate for Israel. That hate has to be reinforced day in and day out, and "normalization" is another vector, along with whipping up anger at Israel in other ways.
Let's look closer at the people in the picture.
Front and center, we have a girl holding a sign that says, "Normalization is treachery."
With a dagger on her sign.
No one has a problem with a violent image.
Now let's look at the principals of the school in the background:
They look like they are in Afghanistan.
The heads of the school are teaching the girls that a burqa is the preferable way to cover up, not just a hijab. Students can barely read their expressions.
Finally, the name of the school itself - Acre, named after a city in Israel. The school's very name is meant to teach the girls that they will "return" to Acre and other Israeli towns, and they will get rid of the Jews there.
This is an ordinary photo from Gaza - but it teaches a lot, if you are willing to learn it.
(h/t Ibn Boutros)
