
Max Blumenthal: Netanyahu Laughs at Gazans Suffering.
Judging Freedom
The Tragic Case of Refat Redwan
This chapter examines the heartbreaking story of Refat Redwan, a young boy whose wish to help others leads to his death amidst conflict. It contrasts the humanity displayed by some in Gaza with the troubling actions of certain Israeli soldiers, raising profound ethical questions about indoctrination and the normalization of violence in society.
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Speaker 1
And now there may be a walk back and that will be devastating to netanyahu if it happens here's
Speaker 2
the uh president of the red crescent uh discussing the body of the boy on whom the telephone was found Refat
Speaker 1
Redwan was one of 15 killed. His
Speaker 2
phone was found with his body and he recorded the whole event. His last words before being shot, forgive me mom. I just wanted to help people. I wanted to save lives. Was the tape from the iPhone on that boy's body played on Israeli television? Israelis
Speaker 1
are aware of it now, and actually hundreds of medics who work in israel are demanding charges for the soldiers i i would say the majority of jewish israelis could care less if these soldiers get charged but they're aware of it and there's a segment of israeli society that is outraged and it was truly outrageous what took place i mean not only did they behead one of the paramedics, shoot them all, almost at points, one by one, execute them. The soldiers attempted to bury. They called in a bulldozer to bury their ambulance to cover up the crime scene. And now through a discovered iPhone, we see not only the sadism of the crime, the kind of crimes that have been committed day after day after day, usually without the kind of visual evidence we got here, but also the heroism of these rescuers. Gaza is the best of humanity again and again, whether it's this medic whose last words were an apology to his mother for him following his conviction to rescue people to his death at a young age, to the journalist Hossam Shabbat, 24 years old, covered the genocide from start to finish, went places I would be terrified to go under fire, and was executed, deliberately assassinated by Israel after returning to the battlefront, after Israel broke the ceasefire. They called him a terrorist. They openly took credit for assassinating him. And I can name so many other people who just fearlessly sacrificed their lives to save others in Gaza or tell the story of what happened. And then you have these Israeli soldiers who really represent the worst of humanity, who will never face punishment for slaughtering people who are just going to rescue children. We don't even know their names yet. I
Speaker 2
mean, these are Netanyahu's willing executioners who maybe six months ago were school teachers, lawyers and shopkeepers. No, this is a civilian army, right?
Speaker 1
Yep. And they don't need Netanyahu to inspire them to do this. I mean, you're referring to a book by Daniel Goldhagen, I believe, who wrote it. Yeah, it's
Speaker 2
called Hitler's
Speaker 1
Willing Execution. have been taking place at Buchenwald or at Auschwitz, which was in Poland, not in Germany. In Jewish-Israeli society, you have full-scale participation. It's a very small, closely knit society, and the problem emanates from the heart of that society, which where indoctrination takes place from age four on, where military service is compulsory. Your credibility, the respect you get, even your ability to enter nightclubs is contingent on your service in the army. And that is an army that has been an occupation army for well over five decades, even longer, and has been continuously at war with all of Israel's neighbors for over seven decades. And so you do have a civilian soldier population. You can't distinguish whether they're civilians or soldiers that are willing executioners and will drop their job when they get the call to go into Gaza and commit these horrific crimes and then go back home just like a half hour away and kiss their wives. Last
Speaker 2
subject matter, Max.
Max Blumenthal: Netanyahu Laughs at Gazans Suffering.
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