"Why would be Israeli military interested in Deleuze and Guattari's philosophical concepts?! Naveh, retired Brigadier-General: "Palestinian areas could indeed be thought of as “striated” in the sense that they are enclosed by fences, walls, ditches, roads blocks and so on." And they drill the walls of Palestinian houses ...to get to the targets. What a marvelous application of structuralism!" :(
Read the full article "The Art of War" by Eyal Weizman (Frieze Magazine, Issue 99 May 2006) here.
A private message on Facebook:
"Hey Svetlana,
I had heard about the article on Deleuze and the Israeli army, that you posted on facebook, but never read it. They say the same about the American army, that they read hip contemporary theory for inspiration. It is also often pointed out that contemporary capitalist management theories also love to seek inspiration in theories about networks, rhizomes, deterritorialization, etc... It's crazy, but I think any theory can be abused if one really wants to. No theory is "sacred" in the sense that it cannot be abused or used in really terrible ways. the same with D&G. But I actually think that D&C concepts get used in problematic ways quite often.
In 2002, I was in Palestine, and back then I put some pictures on this really badly made site (I made it quickly). It's pretty hysterical and badly written. But anyway, there's a photo somewhere in there of such a big hole in the wall, you know, the D&G-"inspired" tactic:
http://www.palestinepictures.sincerethought.org/"
The picture mentioned in the text:
The text of the witness who took the picture:
This is a living room in the Aida refugee camp. When the army invades the camp, they don’t walk on the street, but go straight through the houses. As you can see here, most houses have big holes in the wall and painted signs for the soldiers.
More pictures digged on the web:
LIFE
Defence for Children International
Israel National News
AFP fetched at TheWe
LIFE
Sirocco::Middle East blog
Banksy uses walls for different purposes:
Banksy in Palestine
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