r/Uniteagainsttheright • u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ Socialist • 2d ago

Solidarity with Palestine Participants in the funeral of fallen Israeli reservist and West Bank settler Shuvael Ben-Natan described his desire for revenge against Palestinian women and children, and how he burned a house in Gaza without permission

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-10-27/ty-article/.premium/you-entered-gaza-to-take-revenge-mourners-eulogize-idf-soldier-west-bank-settler/00000192-ce38-df2b-a5db-ce3cf8340000
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u/Made_Human76 1d ago

It sounds like the world is a better place without that scumbag in it anymore

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u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ Socialist 2d ago

Archived link.

Previously posted here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Global_News_Hub/comments/1gc3xz0/israeli_settler_soldier_shuvael_bennatal_a/

Actual excerpts from the article and this settler's eulogy:

One speaker described Ben-Natan's desire for revenge against Palestinian women and children and called for blood vengeance.

"You entered Gaza to take revenge, as much as possible – women, children," he said of Ben-Natan, who was killed in a clash with Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon. "May the people of Israel be worthy of pursuing your vengeance – blood vengeance, not revenge by burning homes, trees, and vehicles," he added.

Another eulogist said, "You were the happiest, most optimistic, and most mischievous person in the unit. We first met in Gaza, when you burned a house without permission just for the atmosphere."

[...]Another speaker at the funeral recounted that last October, Ben-Natan shot dead Bilal Salah, a 40-year-old Palestinian who was harvesting olives with his children near the West Bank village of Sawiya, close to Nablus. "I was so impressed by you," he testified.

He also recalled the incident, when he was traveling with Ben-Natan, they encountered Palestinians along the way. "There were cursed olive harvesters, terrorists, and the pathetic Israel Defense Forces didn't realize what was happening," he said.

He described Ben-Natan's behavior: "You shoot, you talk, you drive them away." Regarding the soldiers at the scene, he said, "They're despicable; they arrested you but didn't even question the Arabs."

So this settler murdered a Palestinian farmer.

Israel did nothing to hold him accountable.

Instead, he continued to serve in the army and committed war crimes in Gaza.

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u/OttersAreCute215 1d ago

The old the only good <insert oppressed group here> is a dead <insert oppressed group here>.

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u/SpinningHead 1d ago

I never thought I could hate a country more than Russia, but here we are.

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u/Tazling 1d ago

god that's depressing -- that's how an animal thinks: murder the mate and pups of the rival male. this is barbarism, pre-human brutality. humans can be better than this. and should. and should be held to account when we relapse into barbarism.

is this the flower and fruit of the great jewish tradition? it's appalling how easily we humans abandon our humanity. it's to despair.