A group of tourists take part in a two hour “boot camp” experience, at “Caliber 3 Israeli Counter Terror and Security Academy ” in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. It is part of a counter-terrorism “boot camp” organised by Caliber 3, a company set up by a colonel in the Israeli army reserves.
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A tourist takes part in a two hour “boot camp” experience, at “Caliber 3 Israeli Counter Terror and Security Academy” in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. Entrance to the gated compound in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc – built on land the Palestinians want for their own state – costs $115 for adults and $85 for children.
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A tourist carries a poster as he takes part in a two hour “boot camp”. The aim of the mock scenario is to teach foreign visitors how to deal with an attack on a market.
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An Israeli instructor speaks to children from overseas holding wooden cut-out rifles. Yasser Sobih, mayor of the nearby Palestinian town of al-Khader, condemned the Israeli venture. “The participation of tourists in training in these camps built on occupied Palestinian land means that they support the occupation and we ask them to stop it,” he told Reuters.
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Here’s one stupid fucking idea. Unsurprisingly, the majority of tourists having themselves all kinds of fun at terrorist boot camp are Americans. Reuters has an extensive slideshow, and article about this particular bit of idiocy, catering to morons with superhero fantasies run amok in their heads.
“When bullets are flying, stand around and look puzzled” seems to be what they’re teaching.
And to scream and shoot anyone with a pitchfork, apparently. Dipshits.
I can’t. I’m fine with haunted houses and such, but the lack of compassion to make fake terrorism your vacation -- and these are probably the people who, should there be a real terrorism attack, get in the way of the professionals because they think they know what they’re doing (the few who don’t stand around looking confused).
Well, it does show that the threat that keeps getting pulled out as a justification for war crimes isn’t that much of a threat. It’s obviously just a thrill ride.
Fuck’s sake. They didn’t even try to be not-evil. Twenty years ago I was ambivalent about who was worse. Not so much these days though.