The pursuit of military excellence in Israel has been a hallmark of its relentless endeavor to compel the Arab world to yield to the theft and erasure of Palestine. Through force, Israel not only sustains itself by merging with the greater ambition of securing American hegemony over the region but also seeks the elusive affirmation of its fragile existence. This existence has been forged in violence and ethnic cleansing.

This is why force becomes more than method — it becomes the only language through which the Israeli state can reproduce itself.

It is not surprising, then, that innovation and creativity become the products of a society consumed in finding ways to kill…..more