The events of the last few days have been overwhelming to say the least. The atrocities towards the Palestinians has escalated with the ground invasion and a plane was shot down over Ukraine; basically senseless and unnecessary killings are occurring en masse in this world we all share today. Not only that but when you look at why these are occurring, there is no way to justify it. In the name of what can one ever justify this mess?
One event that tipped me over the edge was when I found out about the rehabilitation centre for the disabled that was bombed, not to mention the 2 hospitals. The IDF want to show how merciful they are by saying that they warned the hospital of the attack. I don’t know which is worse; the attack itself, or eliciting a sense of fear and confusion on a group of people who are already the most vulnerable. If you ask any person who is or has cared for someone living with a disability, they will tell you how incredibly difficult it is to move people with disabilities quickly, let alone with the added commotion. This, above everything else, proves that they will stop at nothing.
If this doesn’t show people why they should get behind the Palestinian cause, quite frankly nothing will. I find it hard to believe that the Palestinian children and these patients were Hamas militants, which shows that this isn’t about stamping out terrorists. It’s about genocide.
The people who want to say that this is the fault of Hamas simply lack depth in knowledge about this situation. The fact that Hamas even exists is a symptom of the disease of occupation. Obama may be right in saying that no country would tolerate rockets flying in from outside their borders, but no people would tolerate being occupied in their own land.
The solution to this mess is clear: if Israel genuinely wanted to end the rockets, end the occupation.
Perhaps ending the rockets and acknowledging Israel’s right to exist might achieve a similar goal.
Preventing the rockets for the last two years just resulted in a palestinian child killed once every three days, ongoing theft of water and land, ongoing settler violence backed by the IDF…
Why would it work now when it’s never worked before?
Who’s right to exist? I think possibly the map above answers that question better than any words.
Ben,
Surely you mean the right for Israel to exist on the land that was taken from the very people who are now firing those rockets.
One problem with that is that Israel thinks it has a right to exist all over Palestinian land in the West Bank. There are others.
How casually the media reports that fifty Palestinians were killed by shelling on Sunday. Killing civilians especially children so nonchalantly is abominable. Where are the world leaders? The negotiators? Nothing is being done except reporting deaths.
The most compelling article comes here: http://www.salon.com/2014/07/19/i_am_living_in_a_horror_movie_what_its_like_to_raise_a_family_in_gaza/
from a lady in a pretty pink scarf-she could have been sitting next to you at a school meeting or in church.
But I fear the truth of the matter lies here: http://www.panorama.am/en/analytics/2014/07/15/pepe-escobar/
just follow the money, then you can see why Gaza is under attack.
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