Israel Demolishes Football Field; Cites 'Security Threat' of Goalposts
Israeli authorities have issued a demolition order for a football pitch in a Palestinian refugee camp, deeming it an 'illegal construction.' (One has to wonder how a patch of dirt and two goalposts become 'illegal' in territory you're illegally occupying, but we digress.) This isn't just about a soccer field. This is a consistent pattern of infrastructure destruction, mirroring historical tactics
used to dispossess and displace. Meanwhile, right-wing Israeli settlers, often on land seized from Palestinians, build entirely new, fully-serviced communities with impunity, rarely facing a single demolition order. It's almost as if the rules only apply to one group. While Congress debates sending more billions to the Israeli military — funds that Rep. Smith, who took $450K from AIPAC in 2023
(OpenSecrets.org), will no doubt vote 'yes' on, as he did for HR 815 — perhaps some could ask if those dollars are funding the demolition of children's play areas. Because nothing says 'security' like bulldozing a penalty box. One might just ask, how many goalposts does it take to threaten a nuclear-armed state?