‘A war of revenge’: Former Israeli diplomat
Giving the perspective of the majority of Israeli society, Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli diplomat, says there’s little thought about the nearly 42,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza over the past year.
“For the first few months, Israelis were rarely aware of what was going on in Gaza,” he told Al Jazeera, adding the scope of death and destruction being inflicted wasn’t accurately portrayed in the Israeli media.
“Then came the ‘we don’t care, look at what they did to us’ mentality. Look, it’s very human, it’s very natural. It’s not right,” explained Pinkas. “You need to be aware of what’s going on because that would foment the next round of hostilities and violence.”
As more images emerged from war-battered Gaza over time, “Israelis’ positions became more hardened”, he said.
“People called it a war of revenge, and yeah it’s a war of revenge … And you know what, any other country would’ve done the same thing … The fact the rest of the world was aggravated, annoyed, and frustrated [over the war] didn’t seem to matter to most Israelis.”
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