Israel’s Success Method: Settlements and Tourist Behavior

There doesn't seem to be shame about exploiting someone else.

The shame is in allowing yourself to be exploited.

That mentality is so ingrained, it has another name as well, the success method.

So I have a tiny dog named Lily, and I like to go on errands with her.

When I went into my local Super Sol grocery store, they told me that I had to hold her if I wanted to come in.

So the next time I went there, I looked for the person that told me this.

When I couldn't find them, I put her on the ground like I wanted.

So what was I doing that's just so Israeli?

It's called tsiktsit ha-tsdiak, which translates to success method, meaning doing what I want until someone tells me otherwise.

Okay, you wanna see how I'm getting in without standing- All this line ... all this line?

The assumption is that there's no harm in trying to push a boundary, and if nobody stops you, you've succeeded.

Today, more than 700,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank in East Jerusalem.

We can see this philosophy clearly in Palestine, in the relentless expansion of settlements, and in the continuous testing of what the world will tolerate.

Pushing these boundaries requires a violence that doesn't remain confined to Palestine.

It travels with the settlers. Go to Gaza.

We're genociding you. Go. Fuck you, motherfucker. Okay.

You love Palestine? I love Palestine, of course. you. you. you. your mama. your daddy.

But my money, okay, build your country. Oh, wow, okay.

The residents of Siargao Island reported unruly and rude behavior from a group of Israeli tourists.

A pro-Palestinian flag hanging outside a cafe in Siargao.

A group of Israeli tourists allegedly destroyed CCTV cameras, threw rocks, and violently assaulted the owners.

There's a hostility and aggression so similar across all these clips, one that seems to exist in another form in the colony as well.

Excuse me, I ordered shakshuka. Oh, and what is this?

Pizza. And what did you order? Shakshuka. And what is this? Pizza.

But there is In Israel, we don't say, "Excuse me, do you know where my coffee is?"

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