Monday, August 2, 2010

Summer camps Israeli style

"Arab Negev News publisher Ata Abu Madyam supplied me with a series of photos he took of the civilians in action. They depicted Israeli high school students who appeared to have volunteered as members of the Israeli police civilian guard (I am working on identifying some participants by name). Prior to the demolitions, the student volunteers were sent into the villagers’ homes to extract their furniture and belongings. A number of villagers including Madyam told me the volunteers smashed windows and mirrors in their homes and defaced family photographs with crude drawings. Then they lounged around on the furniture of al-Arakib residents in plain site of the owners. Finally, according to Matyam, the volunteers celebrated while bulldozers destroyed the homes. "What we learned from the summer camp of destruction," Madyam remarked, "is that Israeli youth are not being educated on democracy, they are being raised on racism."" (Thanks Mayssun)
maxblumenthal.com/2010/07/the-summer-camp-of-destruction-israeli-high-schoolers-
   join-in-the-destruction-of-a-bedouin-town/

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