An Israeli soldier who was killed in Lebanon was fondly remembered at his funeral for his desire to “take revenge” against Palestinian women and children in Gaza, Israeli media has reported.
Shuvael Ben-Natan, a 22-year-old Israeli reservist and West Bank settler, was killed while fighting Hezbollah last week. “You entered Gaza to take revenge — as much as possible. [Against] women, children — everyone you saw. As much as possible. That’s what you wanted,” Ben-Natan’s brother, Uriah Ben-Natan, said at the funeral, according to The Times of Israel.
“May the people of Israel be worthy of pursuing your vengeance – blood vengeance, not revenge by burning homes, trees, and vehicles,” Uriah added.
A soldier delivered a eulogy at the funeral and called Ben-Natan a “goofball” for burning down a house in Gaza. “You were the happiest and biggest goofball in the platoon. We realized this for the first time when you set a house on fire without approval in order to boost morale,” the soldier said.
Another speaker at the funeral fondly recalled when Ben-Natan shot and killed a Palestinian in the West Bank who was harvesting olives with his children in October 2023. “I was so impressed by you,” the speaker said, according to Haaretz. “There were cursed olive harvesters, terrorists, and the pathetic Israel Defense Forces didn’t realize what was happening. You shoot, you talk, you drive them away.”
The speaker criticized the Israeli military for arresting Ben-Natan over the murder of the Palestinian olive harvester, Bilal Salah. “They’re despicable; they arrested you but didn’t even question the Arabs,” he said.
According to eyewitness accounts, Salah and several other Palestinians were harvesting olives in a town near Nablus when settlers attacked them and opened fire. Despite the murder, Ben-Natan was still able to fight for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza and Lebanon.
Zionists are sick MFs…!
Unlimited vengeance is now their policy? Gone are the days of eye for an eye? Because they surely are not counting anymore. How can anyone think this is acceptable or moral?
It doesn’t seem real that people could behave like this. Americans are told a different narrative.
It's not a new policy. This particular policy dates back around 4000 years, and has nothing to do with revenge. It's documented in the Torah, and started with not one, but 7 different ethnic groups in Judea.
Yes I know. October 7 is just a pretext. The desire to kill is much older.
Only against women, kids, and olive farmers apparently. Our friend Uriah Ben-Natan demonstrated what happens when settlers take on people who actually shoot back.
”We will not go down in Gaza tonight!”
FREE Palestine! Then Israel will also be free!
”It’s every man’s war that keeps us apart, with stalwart convictions and affairs of the heart… To struggle for victory, until we’re all free! The day will soon come when we’ll all be released!”-djv
I can't say I'll drop one tear for such a piece of …
https://x.com/i/status/1851121126010728486
Is that moisture in your eyes from sadness? By the way, no answer is needed. Don't even bother.
Antiwar, thank you for posting this article and spelling out those details.
It’s because you have chosen to live under the authority of a new religious faith. It’s not Jewish or Christian, but it wears the skin of the Judeo-Christian West. And unlike the authentic old Christendom or the faith of the People of God, this new religion claims no personal sacrifices on the part of its adherents.
All it requires is that you participate in one ritual: support the current regime of the state of Israel. Profess—if not vocally then at least tacitly, as you probably do—that Israel’s every action is morally right.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-new-passover-of-the-judeo-christian-west
I think the "Judeo-Christian" alliance is the parable of scorpion and the frog. Both religions are tacit fellow-travelers until such time as either the frog decides it has reached its destination (Old Testament prophecies) and submerges, killing the scorpion; or the scorpion comes close enough to dry land (New Testament prophecies) to sting the frog and step off alone, to safety.
Ah, the question then becomes, Uncle S., does the frog taste like chicken?…
;-}
More to my mind – what did the Last Common Ancestor of frogs and chickens, taste like ?
Professor Norman Finkelstein has been under constant attack for saying that Israeli society is a sick society.
The "eulogy" is certainly evidence of that. Eulogizing a man for purposely killing women and children is so vile, demented, sick.
Brother Uriah just made my wish list. It's getting cluttered.
Ah, I see.
The Israelis love their hate.
End all US aid to Israel!
I guess an argument can be made that if the Israeli's don't want to end up like the French colonizers in Algeria, than they will have to continually produce a population of radicalized zealots willing to kill and be killed. And if the Palestinians don't want to be ethnically cleansed from what little land they have left than they have to do the same. Not a very optimistic future for the people who live in "the Holy Land".
Simplicity is always best.
WTF & W0W… These sick ZIONISTS HAVE LOST ALL NORAL RECTITUDE And EMPATHY!!!!!!!! KILLING INNOCENT ORDINARY PEROPLE & STARVING KIDS and their MOTHERS, SISTERS, the old & infirm is ALL the same to THEM!!!!! The DECENT PEIOLE OF THE WORLD NEED TO PAY A BOUNTY FOR ANY 1 OF THESE MURDERERS OF WOMEN & KIDS.
BUT SOON THEY WILL COME UP AGAINST THE TOP POWER ON THE PLANET THE CHRISTIAN STATE OF RURRIA!!!!!!! IT WILL BE THEIR DEMISE AS FORETOLD IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Israel is committing a slow suicide. A nation so completely in love with mass murder, rape, torture, and terrorism will eventually end up like apartheid South Africa or Nazi Germany. Sadly there are some Israeli's who are actually against all of this mayhem and want to live in peace. Next up..being removed from the UN General assembly.