Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXXVII: "Netanyahu's 'Super Sparta' speech"
over the clicking
and clicking of cameras
the P/Crime Minister shouts
[Israeli] Life more important
than the [Human Rights] Law
FYI: "Israel's oldest daily, Haaretz," which was was sanctioned by the Israeli government on Nov. 24, 2024
September 15, 2025: We Are 'Super Sparta': Netanyahu Says Israel Faces Isolation, Must Shift to Self-reliance
The prime minister said Israel faces growing diplomatic isolation due to Muslim immigration to Europe and foreign influence on social media, and called for self-sufficiency, major defense spending, and drastic deregulation, warning: 'Life is more important than the law'
Analysis, September 16, 2025: It Didn't End Well for Sparta, and It Won't for Israel Either
Facing growing boycotts and embargos, Netanyahu says Israel should become a militarized autarky. His vision is fated to fail
Polls show that negative views on Israel are widespread. Among 24 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center last spring, the median share of the population expressing anti-Israel feelings was 62 percent. In Japan, which has practically no Muslims, negative views on Israel were shared by 79 percent of the respondents. Across Europe (and the United States, too), negative views not only far, far exceed the Muslim share of the population, they have grown as the war in Gaza has grown more gruesome.
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXXVII:
my Gazan friend
ends his X post with 💔:
I wake alone
if I ever wake at all
to news of dying and death
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXXVIII: "Gazan kids at gunpoint"
the faint glow
of her cellphone screen
flickering
under the last rays of sunlight ...
a gun points at Gazan kids
