# Netanyahu and the Tribe of Benjamin - The Oppressed becomes the oppressor. 

Source: https://medium.com/@fletcherchristiankc/netanyahu-and-the-tribe-of-benjamin-32d32aa681f1
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Netanyahu-and-the-Tribe-of-Benjamin-The-Oppressed-becomes-the-oppressor?index=0x6544907d4c4d76a2dc01bf51f9da731a7cbab3b61a950f129c5c260f64bd67e1d27225bd
Submitted by @protocol-props on 2023-11-03 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

This discussion post is a personal essay by a veteran and stoner musician who says the war between Israel and Palestine repeats a familiar pattern in which the oppressed becomes the oppressor, and that the world's silence fuels the violence. The author describes images of mothers' wails and dead children, rejects "self-defense" as justification for killing innocents, and calls on people to challenge the narrative and stand up against oppression. The title links this to Netanyahu and the tribe of Benjamin, with a context note summarizing the Book of Judges, chapters 19–21, where the Israelite tribes wage war on Benjamin and later lament its near-destruction.