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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: Opinion | In Gaza, Israel Lost What Remained of Its Humanity Gideon Levy The screams rose to the skies. His mother heard them. She'll never forget them. A terrifying, well-trained dog tore into the flesh of her 25-year old son, who had Down syndrome. The dog ripped and tore and she could not save him. The soldiers drove the mother out of the house by force (an IDF spokesman, who has not lost his sense of humor even in wartime, said they "pleaded" with the family to leave), and she was forced to abandon her son to his screams. The soldiers promised to call a doctor, but that was the last thing on their mind. They did not call a doctor, nor even a medic. They cleared out, leaving Mohammed Bhar to bleed to death. A week passed before the family could return home to see what had happened to their beloved – a young man who was photographed once as a relative compassionately gave him a drink from a bottle. They found his rotting body. No one knows how long he took to die, how terrible were his torments and what went through his disabled mind. Someone said that before the dog attacked him, Mohammed tried to pet him. What does he know. The dog's handlers, apparently soldiers from the lauded Oketz unit, which holds emotional, well-publicized burial ceremonies for each dog killed in battle, abandoned Mohammed to die. They heard his screams and did not lift a finger. Israel is losing what remains of its humanity. One of the worst things October 7 did to us was to bring on our humanity's final loss. It's doubtful that the damage is reversible. From now on, only Jewish lives count. From now on, we can do anything to Palestinians. Even sic dogs on people with special needs. Don't bother us with our atrocities, we're busy endlessly wallowing in the atrocities of October 7 that were committed against us, and only them. They allow us to do anything. At Sde Teiman, limbs of Palestinian prisoners are amputated in an almost industrial manner. That's what happens when people are handcuffed for months without let-up. Young men dying from torture or from lack of medical care has become routine. According to a CNN investigative report in May, some detainees are fed through straws and wallow in their diapers. Sometimes dogs are sicced on them at night to conduct "searches." Adolf Eichmann was detained in Israel until his trial. Israel treated him humanely. No one imagined shackling or blindfolding him for months. Nor did they sic dogs on him at night. His photographs from prison reflected the face of Israel then. The photographs from Sde Teiman reflect the face of Israel now. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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