• What sort of “religious faith” can ecstatically encourage the rape, torture and murder of criminally abducted hostages?• Can any decent and thinking human being wittingly accept that such lascivious “crimes against humanity” are intended to ensure Palestinian statehood?• Were the October 7, 2023, Hamas rapes of Israeli children, male and female, a rational and reason-based political tactic to gain Palestinian “liberation?” Stay updated with the latest news! In his Will Therapy & Truth and Reality (1936), psychologist Otto Rank explained these dynamics at a general and timeless level: “The death fear of the ego is lessened by the killing, the Sacrifice, of the Other. Under authoritative jurisprudence, jihadist perpetrators must be distinguished from their counter-terrorist adversaries by considerations of mens rea or “criminal intent.” Though Israel correctly regards the harm it is forced to inflict upon noncombatant populations as unavoidable costs of counter-terrorism – costs mandated by lawless Palestinian tactics of “human shields” or “perfidy” – Iran and its sub-state proxies target Israeli civilians with demonstrated criminal intent.
Author: BY LOUIS RENÉ BERES
Published at: 2025-04-07 22:16:08
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