Settler-Colonial Nation Israel Gives U.S. Tips on How to Attempt to Control Occupied Lands
The military mentality of our federal government is evidenced by the conditions in detention/prison facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border and detention facilities for migrants in many states.
The militarization of the U.S. borders with fencing, surveillance drones and checkpoints has been modeled after another colonial settler state -- Israel, which has one of the most militarized societies in the world. Israeli tactics, training and equipment used on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have been purchased almost wholesale by the U.S. federal, state and local governments for not only the border areas but also in cities.
Over 150 city police forces send police to Israel for observing methods Israelis use to "control" the Palestinian populations in the West Bank and Palestinian Israeli citizens in Israel itself. U.S. police and federal agents observe Israeli border operations on the open-air prison the Israeli government has created to blockade Gaza by land and sea. U.S. officials watch Israeli snipers execute Palestinians from berm positions at the border and observe remotely controlled machine guns that are fired at Palestinians.
Under the watchful eye of U.S. police and military, over 300 Palestinians in Gaza have been executed by Israeli snipers in the past 18 months and over 16,000 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli gunfire, many targeted with explosive bullets in the legs to ensure the legs would have to be amputated, thereby making the life of the target difficult for himself, his family and the community.
U.S. as a Settler-Colonial Nation
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