A story that appeared in April of 2002 details how Israel uses pornography as a weapon against Gaza’s residents. At the time, Israeli troops took control of three Palestinian tv stations, and began randomly broadcasting graphic porn into homes around Gaza.
“”It’s not healthy really. I think the Israelis want to mess with our young men’s heads.”
Anita, a mother of three, complained about “the deliberate psychological damage caused by these broadcasts”.
“I am furious. These are the people who are shooting at us that also play this disgusting trick on us,” she said from her house in east Jerusalem, where the channels are also available.
“Luckily, there is no electricity in half of Ramallah.”
A fourth local station, whose premises were not seized by the army, ran a message across its screen letting people know it was the Israelis who were behind the graphic scenes.”
Israel understands the severe psychological damage of porn, especially on young men and boys. The goal was to terrorize and demoralize Gazans, and break the spirit of the young men. Imagine what it’s doing to the young men of the West, who have instant access to the most graphic pornography imaginable, just a click away.
