Israel-Palestine war and the response of the international community

    In this blog, I have written about the current situation in Gaza, especially Rafah, and the response of the international community on this issue.

     Since October 7th, Israel has killed more than 35,000 Palestinian civilians, including children. The situation in Rafah is getting even worse, where the displaced Palestinians have taken shelter in. The hostilities can rise further as Israel continues to bomb Gaza, especially Rafah, and as Israeli tanks continue to move to the centre of Rafah. This is not only limited to Palestinian civilians, but the Israeli army has also claimed the lives of more than 100 journalists and 224 aid workers, including 179 workers of UNRWA.

  The ruling of ICJ has had no impact on Israel. There has been an insufficient response by the international community against the Israeli massacare of Palestinians. The West especially the US and its allies which call themselves the champions of 'freedom of expression, democracy, Human rights'  are silent on the atrocities and human rights violations convicted by the Israeli army against the Palestinians. They are not only silent but supplying Israel with weapons and aid. Are these your so-called values that you call yourself guardians of that you are advocating for the Israeli genocide or are these values only reserved for people in the West. Don't the Palestinians have any human rights or you think that only people in west are humans and only thet have human rights? The Western governments call themselves the 'beackon of light' for freedom of speech. Well, what about the protesters protesting in various Western countries like US,UK, Germany and Sweden against their own governments for supporting Israel, especially the student protests being conducted in various universities in the US. Those protesters are being arrested for raising their voice against Israel. Is this your so-called freedom of speech upon which you constantly give lectures to the world? 

    AIPAC which is the largest pro-Israeli and pro-Zionist lobby in the US claimed that every 8 out of 10 Americans are in favour of Israel's massacre of Palestinian civilians citing a survey by The Harris poll and HarrisX in which 1660 Americans voted. In response to that someone created a poll in which more then 4200 Americans voted out of which 96 percent of Americans voted against Israel's actions in the beseiged Gaza. This survey just shows that there are many Americans who are not in favour of Israel's atrocities in Gaza but the American  politicians are not paying heed to there opinion. Is this the freedom of expression that US advocates for that they are denying the opinionof there own people? Are these your so called Democratic values? If someone says that only 4200 people voted in this survey and How can there opinion be considered as the opinion of 300 million Americans then how can AIPAC consider the votes of 1660 people as the opinion of 300 million Americans? 

   Israel is literally slaughtering and burning innocent Palestinian children alive. Don't you feel the pain of Palestinian mothers of seeing the dead bodies of there innocent children?What's their fault? What does your international law say about all these atrocities, or should we call it Western law as it only safeguards the rights of people in the West? After all this hypocrisy, the Western nations have shown. They have absolutely no right to teach the world human rights, freedom of expression, and Democracy.

 

  

   Israrli army is conducting Holocaust against Palestinians in the same way Nazi Germany did against Jews during the second world war. Nethanyahu is no different than Hitler. He is doing to Palestinians what Hitler did to Jews. It is ironic that those same Jews who suffered from the tragedy of Holocaust during the second war later on illegally occupied Palestinian lands and kicked them out of their homes during the Nakba in 1948. Now they want to repeat that again. They want to kill most of the Palestinians and kick the rest of them out of Palestine. They have conquered most of the Palestinian land in the last 76 years and now want to capture of what little bit remains of Palestine.

   The Western media is constantly doing Propoganda in favour of Israel trying to blame everything on Hamas, labelling it as a terrorist organization. The reality is that Israel is a terrorist country, and Hamas is fighting it for the independence of their homeland. What Hamas is doing is completely justified in the same manner the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion is justified. The Western governments are supporting Ukraine supplying them with aid and weapons to fight the Russian invasion whereas in the case of Palestine they are not only advocating Israel but they are supplying them with weapons for there genocide of the Palestinians. Many Western media outlets still think that Israel has avoided bloodshed in Gaza. If you want to see the best example of hypocrisy and victim blaming then you would see that in various western media platforms like CNN or BBC etc. They hold innocent Palestinian civilians responsible for the Israeli genocide. They did mass reporting when Russia attacked Ukraine but have been silent on the suffering of Palestinians.

  Russian sports teams were banned from a number of sports events including Olympics 2024 due to there invasion of Ukraine. On the other hand Israel is allowed to participate in the Olympics and other sports events although they also invaded Palestine. The West boycotted Russian products after they invaded Ukraine whereas Israel is buthering innocent Palestinians and they have done nothing. This shows there double standards.

    There are also some people who say that Israel is only bombing Gaza strip because of Hamas, which is as I have stated above is unjustified because Hamas is only resisting against the Israeli occupation of Gaza. Well, I want to tell them that Israel's terrorism and illegal occupation are not only limited to Gaza strip. Israel is also illegally occupying and settling Jews in the West Bank as well. Israel, at times, also stops Palestinians from praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. How is this justified? Since 7th October, Israel has killed approximately 500 Palestinians in the Occopied West Bank. Last week, the Israeli terrorist army raided the Jenin camp and killed 12 people, including children. The image below shows how the number of illegal settlements in the West Bank has increased over the years.

    Since October 7th, it has become a norm for the Israeli army and illegal Israeli settlers to raid parts of the West Bank. A UN report last year stated that Israel is constantly monitoring the West Bank and controlling every part of it. Its like a lockdown imposed on them. 

   On the morning of 30th of May, the Israeli army raided on the Ramallah vegetable market and destroyed over 100 stalls and dozens of shops owned by Palestinians. They say that they did this in response to a car ramming attack that resulted in the death of 2 Israeli soldiers. The Western media, as usual, put the blame on Hamas for this attack. Well, these are just 2 Israeli soldiers killed. What about more than 35,000 Palestinian civilians killed since October 7th? What about thousands of Palestinians displaced since that time? What about those Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians brually killed by the Israeli army since 1948? What about the illegal occupation of Palestinian land that happened and has been happening since 1948? The Hypocritic Western media and Western Politicians would never tell you this. Instead, they will just do victim blaming on innocent Palestinians.

   There are also some people who argue that there should be a Two State solution in Palestine, which is again injustice to the Palestinians. How could a state that was formed by capturing and displacing the local people be legallized by this? It's the same way as if Russia captures some parts of Ukraine and then after that proposes a Two State solution dividing the land between Russia and Ukraine. Now, would this be justified?

   If just for a moment you put yourself in the place of Palestinians you would see that you have got only 2 options either to die or to live in that miserable conditions where there is no food, shelter, clean drinking water or electricity not to mention the fact that at times Israeli army also stops aid from reaching the Palestinians and also bombs the refugee camps. There have also been reports of Israeli citizens looting and burning aid heading towards Gaza. There are no adequate health facilities available. You are constantly being bombed, and there is no shelter. You are constantly being monitored. You see dead bodies of people split into bits and pieces due to the bombings. You see dead bodies of innocent children in very miserable conditions (there body parts cut into bits and pieces), and what if one of them was your own son? Just think of this horror scene and think What would you do in this situation? You would realize that humanity has failed you. You would realize that humanity has betrayed you. Just try to imagine this scene what Palestinians always and at each and every single moment go through. Then you would do the same what Hamas is doing. You would also fight for your life for independence, and even if you die while doing this, at least your future generations should not suffer that constant trauma that you had to suffer. It's not the Palestinians who are dying, but in reality, it is humanty, which is breathing its last breath in Palestine.

    I would conclude my blog with an image of a former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who during one of her visit to Israel can be seen writing 'Finish them' on a bomb bound for Gaza This is not just Nikki Haley, but it is the depiction of not all but most US and Western politicians who advocate for freedom of speech, human rights, and Democracy. This is their true face, and they have got absolutely no right to advocate and lecture the world on these morals.

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Palestine Issue

   In this blog, I have writen about the Palestine issue. The region has been under constant occupation for the past few decades. Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I am in favour of a Jewish state to safeguard the rights of the Jewish people, but it shouldn't be a territory that is already inhabited by another race.

    First, I would talk about the situation and the suffering Palestinians have gone through before the attack of Hamas in Israel, and then I would talk a bit about the current situation. For the past seven decades or so, the people of Palestine have been under constant occupation by the Zionist state, and I don't like to call Israel a Jewish state because I believe this is not what Judaism teaches. These are not the teachings of Abraham (AS). Israel, for the last few decades, has murdered countless children, men, women, elderly. They have massacred the Palestinians. They have deprived them of their basic human rights like food, shelter, medication, education, healthcare, etc. Gaza is the biggest prison in the world in which about 20 million people have been imprisoned for quite some time. They have been disconnected from the rest of the world. The drinking water of Palestine is 95% contaminated. 60% of children are suffering from malnutrition. As of 2022, 84% of the children in Palestine are fearful, as compared to 50% in 2018. 80% are nervous as compared to 55%. 77% are depressed. Source: (Save the Children). Unemployment and poverty are significant. More than 80% of the Palestinians rely on humanitarian aid. These are only some of the inhumane atrocities conducted by Israel for the past few decades. In response to all these atrocities that Palestinians have faced for the last Seven decades, which includes the illegal colonization of Palestinian lands by Israel, Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Did they have any other choice besides this?

     After the Hamas attack on Israel, the situation has become even worse. Israel has laid a 'complete siege' on Gaza. Israel has now completely shut down electricity and water supplies. As of now, about 1500 people have been killed because of the Israeli raids in Gaza. According to Red Cross, due to the complete blockade imposed by Israel,, the hospitals in Gaza are on the verge of turning into Graveyards. Israel has continuously raided the civilian unarmed areas of Gaza. According to Gaza's Deputy Health Minister Yusuf Abu al Reesh, 60% of those injured by the Israeli airstrikes are women and children.

     I am writing this blog not to advocate Hamas but I am writing this blog in support of the people of Palestine. Hamas launched this attack in response to the raids conducted by the Israeli army in the West Bank for the past couple of days. Now  I want to ask the West and Western media why are you silent in this? Why aren't you condemning Israel? You condemned China for its treatment of Uighurs, and you also condemned Russia when it attacked Ukraine, and I also condemn both of them for the atrocities conducted by them. Western media says that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many people have been killed and injured, including women and children, but aren't the Palestinians killed by Israel for the past few decades also human? Are those children and women murdered by Israel, not human beings just like the Ukrainians and just like you? Why shouldn't Israel be held accountable for the genocide of the Palestinians conducted by them for the past few decades which has even become worse for the last seven days. When Ukraine was invaded by Russia, you condemned Russia, which you were right. You supplied Ukraine with arms to support them in their resistance against Russia. Now, when Palestinians rise against the tyranny of Israel, you are condemning the oppressed people of Palestine. Ukraine has only endured this for the past year or so, what Palestinians have been going through daily for the past decades. Israel has to be condemned and held accountable just like China and Russia. You are condemning Palestinians and supplying weapons to Israel against unarmed Palestinians while sympathizing with Israel. How could you equate the genocide conducted by Israel for the last couple of decades to the resistance given by Hamas for the past couple of days? It's not Hamas who is the invader, but it is Israel who has colonized Palestine for the last seven decades or so, and in response to that, when Palestinians resist Israel just in the same way as Ukrainians did against Russia, you are calling terrorists. Isn't it your hypocrisy that when Palestinians are killed or massacred, then you are silent, and when Ukrainians are killed, you take the whole world by storm? Aren't Palestinian lives as important as Ukrainian lives? Yes, they are Ukrainian lives, European lives, American lives, Jewish lives are just as precious as Palestinian lives, Muslim lives, and Black lives because we are all human beings. You say that condemning or criticizing Israel is anti-semitic but isn't killing Muslims Islamophobic or anti-human. You all call yourself democracies while you have barred people from condemning Israel and holding rallies in support of Palestine. Isn't this undemocratic? Just consider yourself in place of those Palestinians for a moment. If the same is done to your children, to your loved ones, not for two or three days but for the past few decades, what would you do? Wouldn't you retaliate? Wouldn't you cry for help when you have your little child in your arms who was killed by the raids of the occupant army? How would it feel when one of your children is badly injured? His wounds are so serious, and you can't go to the hospital because it is full or it doesn't have the medication to cure him, and when you rise against all this oppression and the whole world, instead of aiding, you call you a terrorist? That Is What Palestinians are going through at the moment. Some people support the two-state solution in Palestine, which is unacceptable because this land belongs to Palestinians,s, and nothing could change this or legalize the illegal state of Israel. What if Russia takes control of the whole of Ukraine and then they propose a two-state solution in which they say that half of it belongs to them and the rest belongs to Ukrainians? Then would it legalize their illegal occupation of Ukraine? No, it won't. In the same way, the illegal occupation of all of Palestine can't be legalized by the two-state solution. All of Palestine belongs to Palestinians. It belongs to Muslims and nothing can change this.

     In the end, I would just say that you don't need to be a Palestinian or a Muslim to realize what I have written above. You just need to be a human or have some humanity within yourself, but unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case, which is quite shameful for humanity.

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