No, it wasn't the tension, or the fear, or the pressure, or even the war that killed the three hostages who tried to save themselves. It was the spirit of the times that killed them. The zeitgeist – a collection of opinions and beliefs and consensus values that characterize a certain society at a certain time. And in the current Israeli zeitgeist, no shortage of evil winds are blowing. A spirit of being easy on the trigger prevails. An unbearable lightness of killing and death. Of dehumanization of non-Jews, Arabs, Palestinians and "leftists." A vigilante spirit, as was on display in the killing of Yuval Kestelman.

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Israel's Vigilante Zeitgeist Excuses Any Killing

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20.12.2023

No, it wasn't the tension, or the fear, or the pressure, or even the war that killed the three hostages who tried to save themselves. It was the spirit of........

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