Netanyahu and the crucified of every day

In an infrequent reaction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized and issued a condemnation "with all his might." A few hours earlier, his Foreign Minister had done so, admitting that the act had been "serious and shameful." And both have assured that "harsh" and "strict" disciplinary measures will be taken against the perpetrator. What big thing happened? Well, the photo of an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon hitting the head of a crucified Jesus Christ with a hammer, lying upside down after being taken down from the cross, an image that has caused the usual tearing of clothes on social media.

This unconditional apology is also obscene. Because, with the teachings of the crucified character in hand, what Israel has done in Gaza and now in Lebanon – that is, the death of thousands of civilians and the destruction of houses and infrastructure – is nothing more than a continued hammer blow to the head of the same crucified person. In these conditions, condemning the attack on the cross is an act of hypocrisy. The comparison is bloody: the aggression against the symbol is atrocious, but the attack on what it symbolizes, which are the crucified of every day, is correct.

For a long time, the government of Israel has lost its moral compass in its right to defense and has launched into an "either now or never," protected by a President of the United States who is not ashamed because he does not know what shame is. Netanyahu and Trump, like Putin, fit the description of "predatory governments" that Amnesty International proposed yesterday. Predators of human rights who point to a dangerous path, because if they do it to someone with impunity, they can do it to all of us whenever they see fit.