Merkava: A symbol of defeat and the worsening entanglement of the Zionists in the quagmire of war.
According to Al-Mayadeen, following the successive destruction of the Israeli army’s Merkava tanks by Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon and also by the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, one of the important questions that has occupied the minds of military circles is why, despite these massive casualties, the Israeli army insists on using Merkava tanks.
The occupying regime has used Merkava tanks in its military operations in every aggression it has carried out against Arab countries. Despite the destruction of a large number of Merkava tanks in 2006 in southern Lebanon, which Zionist circles called “the great celebration of roasting tanks using Hezbollah’s Kornet missiles,” and also in light of Gaza becoming the largest iron recycling factory as a result of the destruction of the Merkava tanks of the occupying army, why do the Zionists continue to use these tanks?
Merkava, the defeated chariot of the Zionists!
The Merkava tank, beyond being a war machine in the Israeli army, has become a military and cultural symbol with deep mythological dimensions for the Zionists, who claim to be “God’s chosen people.”
In a book he published about the military strategy of the occupying army in 2007, Zionist expert Yagil Levy says that choosing the name Merkava for the main tank of the Israeli army was not just a military designation, but a conscious step aimed at creating a deep connection between the contemporary military identity and the ancient religious heritage of the Jews, and wanted to change the negative image of the Jews to a strong warrior and fighter.
The word Merkava in Hebrew means “the vehicle or chariot of the Lord” and is taken from the dream of the prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. This vision describes a complex celestial chariot, which, according to a deep spiritual tradition in Judaism, is related to spiritual ascension, contemplation of heavenly signs, and connection with divine truths.
But the strange thing is how the idea of ​​spiritual transcendence presented by the Merkava can be compatible with scenes of children being dismembered by tanks named after it.
The Merkava originated in the October 1973 war, when the Zionist regime suffered heavy damage to its tanks during a clash with the Egyptian army, which was using Russian-made Sajer anti-tank missiles.