Moshe Dayan's eulogy at Nahal Oz
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Dayan's 1956 eulogy frankly admits that Palestinians have reason to hate Israelis because Jews took their land, then concludes not with guilt but with full acceptance of the brutal destiny of war where might prevails over right, Walter Benjamin's mythic violence stated plainly.
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As told 4
“We have transformed the land and villages where they and their ancestors once lived into our own inheritance.”
“Let us not cast blame on the murderers today. What claim do we have against their mortal hatred of us?”
“Let us not cast blame on the murderers today. What claim do we have against their mortal hatred of us? They have lived in the refugee camps of Gaza for the past eight years”
What it carries
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Moshe Dayan4Ismail Kadare2Mark Twain2David Ben-Gurion2Huey Long1Janez Drnovsek1Alfred Jarry1King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud1
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Every retelling 4
Dayan's 1956 eulogy frankly admits that Palestinians have reason to hate Israelis because Jews took their land, then concludes not with guilt but with full acceptance of the brutal destiny of war where might prevails over right, Walter Benjamin's mythic violence stated plainly., illustrating mythic violence,fetishistic disavowal,je sais bien mais quand même
A young kibbutz member chasing Palestinian plunderers was seized and his eyes plucked out; Dayan's funeral eulogy refused to blame the murderers, asking what claim we have against their hatred given that we transformed their villages into our inheritance., illustrating honest speech vs euphemism,persecution corrupts the victims,the Palestinian background
After Palestinians killed a young kibbutz member, Dayan's eulogy admitted that the Palestinians' hatred was justified because Israel had taken their land, then called for accepting 'our fate in all its brutality' rather than guilt. Žižek reads it as exemplary honest acknowledgment of founding violence before myth-making set in., illustrating mythic violence,Zionist founding honesty,ideology
Why Radical Politics Needs Philosophy? A Masterclass With Slavoj Zizek. Day 12023-11-21 · 2:21:23
Founding father Moshe Dayan admitted the conflict was tragic and that Israel took Palestinian land, which Žižek finds more refreshing and honest than current rhetoric., illustrating ideology