UCSD 4 COLA || DISCLOSE & DIVEST

Israel named its ongoing assault on Gaza “Operation Gideon’s Chariots,” a name pulled straight from the Book of Judges, where Gideon leads a divinely sanctioned massacre of 120,000 people. This isn’t just poetic branding. It’s part of a long pattern where the Israeli military wraps its campaigns in religious symbolism to frame mass violence as holy war. From chariots and prophets to plagues and pillars of cloud, biblical language is used to justify modern-day genocide and aggression. This time, they even dropped leaflets over Deir el-Balah quoting a Quranic verse about Moses parting the sea, twisted into a threat saying the Israeli army is coming. The image shows the sea splitting Gaza, with homes submerged and divine vengeance on display. Israel has long named its missiles, drones, and AI systems after religious figures and stories. “David’s Sling,” “Jericho,” “Samson,” and even “Lavender” and “Gospel” are all part of a strategy to fuse war with prophecy and divine entitlement. While Western media and hypocrites like Bill Maher insist on painting Israel as secular and rational bastion of progress, its military doctrine increasingly mirrors a theocratic crusade. Criminals like Netanyahu have even invoked the biblical call to annihilate entire populations, language now cited in genocide cases at the Hague. This isn’t metaphor. It’s policy. And it’s time to stop pretending it’s anything else.