Running for parliament in the upcoming April vote, former Israeli Army
Chief Benny Gantz has steered heavily into his military history, and large numbers of people killed and damage done in the 2014 Gaza War.
One of his videos focuses on aerial footage of a destroyed Gaza
neighborhood, bragging that “parts of Gaza were returned to the stone
ages,” and bragging the devastation led to “3-5 years of quiet.”
A second video for Gantz shows Palestinians attending funerals with a
“kill-counter” prominently displayed, going up to 1,364, the number
Israel reports to have killed in 2014. The video concludes “only the
strong win.”
Gantz, who established the Israel Resilience Party to contest this
year’s election, has designs on replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime
minister. This seems extremely optimistic, since so far he is the only
confirmed candidate for his party so far.
Israeli Election Ad Brags on Bombing Gaza Back to the Stone Age
Second ad for Gantz includes 'kill counter' related to 2014 Gaza War
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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