Gaza Observation Tours in Israel: Matthew Hoh's Account

Tourists and schoolchildren are going on field trips in Israel,

but not to

museums. Instead, to watch the destruction of Gaza.

Known as resilience tourism in Israel, but as genocide tourism

internationally.

Well, we were a mile and a half or so from three hundred

thousand people who were being forcibly starved to death by

the

Israelis.

That was Matthew Hoh, a former US State Department official

and US

Marine veteran, who recently took this tour in Sderot,

where

visitors use coin-operated binoculars to peek into

Gaza.

Uh, an Israeli school field trip showed up,

and these children,

these, these, the, they're teenagers, they came from two hours away to come

and watch the genocide.

The tours are also done in English for international visitors and are included

in Birthright Israel trips for Jewish Americans and for all

Israeli schoolchildren.

The population sees it as entertainment, where you have this

complete, uh, dismissal of the Palestinians as human

beings, but

part of their school curriculum.

And it doesn't just stop at the observation platforms.

Reportedly, boat tours have been organized to view the

destruction of Gaza,

sparking outrage worldwide.