* I decided to take yesterday as a day of rest and enjoy the tremendous weather that we have been getting here in central Canada for a change... It was nice to go out and get some much needed exercise and take a long walk with my better half to enjoy the warm weather.... Hopefully it will last for a while!I came across the following report from the Desert Peace website, at www.desertpeace.wordpress.com earlier today and after reading the article and seeing the picture that was contained within that article, I knew that it belonged here at this blog for all of my own readers to read for themselves... This article is entitled: "Most Disgusting Image Of The Year - In Israel Militarism Begins At Conception" and I have it in its entirety here for everyone to see... I have my own thoughts and comments to follow:
MOST DISGUSTING IMAGE OF THE YEAR ~~ IN ISRAEL, MILITARISM BEGINS AT CONCEPTION
May 24, 2018 at 08:53 (Israel, Just Plain Disgusting) Militarism begins at conception? An ad for a maternity ward in one of Israel’s top hospitals depicts a fetus wearing a military beret and saluting.An advertisement for Ichilov Hospital’s Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital. (Screenshot)Ad for Israeli maternity ward portrays fetus as future soldierBy Mairav ZonszeinAn advertisement for a maternity ward in one of Israel’s top hospitals, published in the right-wing newspaper Makor Rishon this past week, has been making the rounds on social media.The ad for Lis Maternity Hospital, part of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, shows a fetus wearing a military beret, with a caption reading: “Received the Presidential Award of Excellence, 2038.”Portraying an unborn child as a soldier is disturbing in its own right, regardless of country. In Israel, an occupying power whose military has for over five decades been primarily concerned with maintaining control over a civilian population, this ad is even more charged and offensive. Furthermore, its timing is especially disturbing, considering that the IDF killed 60 Palestinians and wounded over 2,400 in a single day in Gaza, while continuing to exert control over millions of stateless Palestinians.The notion that a good hospital will produce good soldiers is pathological. That a top hospital believes the best way to get women to choose their maternity ward is by convincing them their baby is destined to be a successful soldier in the Israel Defense Forces is also a genuine indication of just how militaristic Israeli society is. As if women don’t have enough on their minds as they approach birth, now they must be reminded that in 18 years, their child will be conscripted into the army. Regardless of their politics, Israeli mothers (and fathers) go through hell when their children — specifically their sons — serve in the army.Israel, which consistently attacks Palestinian leadership and society for giving birth to “terrorists” and educating children to hate, seems to conveniently forget the deep militaristic, violent roots of its own society. This ad is just one indication of that.Some Israelis on Facebook have expressed their disgust and outrage, demanding the hospital pull the ad. When asked for comment, Ichilov Hospital Spokesperson Avi Shoshan wrote in an email: “This was a one time ad published in Makor Rishon.” He did not answer my request to respond to those who are disturbed by the ad.NTS Notes: I have been attacking the sickness of Israel for well over a decade now at this blog for their insanity and their criminal actions... But this type of picture reaches a new low even for those psychos...Yes, that picture is absolutely real and I have read other articles over the last few days that have also covered this "advertisement" put out in Israeli hospitals! To me this is so revolting and as I said, a new low even for these monsters and murderers..I do hope that other bloggers out there take this image and show it to everyone that they know... It should indeed open a lot of eyes about how truly evil and sickening that psychotic state truly is!More to comeNTS