The Aljazeera Arabic news channel will air a new episode of its “Palestine under the Microscope” series titled The Quagmire on Thursday which probes into the diaries of third generation Israelis to draw a new portrait of Israel.
A section of third generation Israelis is today questioning the viability of occupation, of “security” and of even the Jewish state.
The series will be telecast at 14:05 GMT. The same episode will be aired by Aljazeera English at 20GMT on August 20.
The Quagmire investigates the identity crisis within Israeli society, especially among the youth, through the testimonies of young men and women who see themselves living in a deeply divided society whose very existence is now seriously threatened.
Reverse migration conferences, which are being organised to encourage emigration out of Israel, provide clear evidence of the birth of new consciousness vis-à-vis the Israeli myth. According to the Quagmire, the land of promise has now shifted to locations such as India, Berlin and many cities and capitals around the world.
Having finished their military service, thousands of Israelis now head to India, specifically to Goa, where they hope to forget what they had done serving in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Thousands of young Israelis migrate to Berlin in Germany where they start a new life leaving the “Promised Land”. Many of them refuse to divulge the details of what they experienced inside army barracks or the details of the operations they took part in. They hope to forget that they had fallen in the quagmire.
Refusing to serve in the military is no longer an individual affair. Former conscripts and activists lobbying against conscription have set up NGO’s such as “Breaking the Silence” and “New Profile” to combat the militarisation of Israeli society.
Source:The Peninsula
