PaRCha - JNU - GSCASH - 2014 ID-61422
.
Even as major world powers maintain a shameful silence on this massacre, the Israeli PM Netanyahu has declared on ...... that "world pressure will not stop us ... there is still more to go." .
For the 1.5 million people living in Gaza, and also for the re~idents of the We~t Bank In Palestine, mayherr. .
and m~ss~cres are nothing new. Israel has been i lc;. ally occupying vast tracts and controlling both areas to .
Ut:\..dUt:!>. ~ulh 13dLi:l csnd Wesl Bank resemble vaS1 .
where economic blockades enforced by Israel are a a .
of daily existence.lsrael still controls access to. ea: , .
and over Gaza's air space and seacoast ar~d Its ces .
--···· ...-,...-............. -: ...._ : ....___ ~-.
-----~ .
;;;.;d~t,..,·;,;-;..,-.;;;;,.;;~nt of p,;opl,; in ond ovt of Gaza have .
been .slowly choked oil, leadlns ~o life-threatening .
croblems o'f sani'ta'tion, h a t:h,. water supply and .
.
transportation. .
Palestine today Is the longest: ever people's res\stcsnce .
to eo\on\a\ism, O(;(;upat\on, ami rac\sm. \t \s ironic tha .
th~ \~1'a~\i ~tat~. supposed\v a rnon~rnent "tsain:o\ Na~ .
racism and genocide, is itself the worst perpetrator of .
racism ana genocide in today's world. Ending this racist occupation and genocide is a call for conscience for the .
whole world. .
As the US-backed world powers, much of the mainstream.media and the ruling class political parties 1n 1ne11a seek to erase the memory of Palestine's occupation and resistance it is important to revisit the history of Palestine, and responds to some of e .
popular myths propagated against Pales i e. .
A re "Both Sides" At Fault? .
.
Pro-Israeli propaganda tries to tell us that Hamas rockets justify the Israeli offensive; that Israel is merely exercising its right to self-defence. Apologists for Israel in India tell us that "both sides" are at fault and lnd a should not take sides. .
The truth? A tiny handful of Israeli civilian c:asualfes .
have been reported. And on the Palestinian side? ~ore than 800 massacred, a huge number of them l1tt e children. After launching the ground offensive, lsrae 'warns' Palestinians to leave their homes and flee f they stand their ground and stay, they are assun:e~ to .
be terrorists and killed. What is worse. Paledn::.nc: .
.. dVO: nQWI'leJ'I; .
tQ nee or hide, .
.
~r~me MiniHer DijVI~ ~ameron of Britain in 2010 .
1 1.
.
u MThe v:~~t.
admitted thctt ClazCI Wd~ csn openalr pn3on. . majority of people in Gaza are trappe.d in the Gaza s~n~ -which as Anne Barnard observes, IS a mere 25-mlle .
' ·1 wideI one of the most.
long rectangle just a few ml es densely popul~ted places in the world, and surroundedd d fences along its northern an.
by com;rete waII s an eastern bOundaries with 15rael and its southern ~~rder with Egypt. In .ollu:r words, Can ~~ li~o :1 usa Jallianwala Bagh, with people trapped withl~, ~~rv~d of food, water and medicine, and peno u:a Y .
bombarded. .
.
Israel justifies a.ttacking homes, hospitals, playgrounds and so on by claiming that Hamas is sheltering "terrorists". This is a transparent lie: in the eyes of the Israeli State, every Palestinian is a "terrorist." This is exposed by the words of Ayelet ShakPrl, lsrt:~eli MP of he Je 'ish Home party, who called for the slaughter of .
o ers who give birth to "little snakes." ordechai Keidar, a lecturer on Arabic l~· tl'~ Oar llar'l Ur'liver~ity, who dedt~red .
a only raping Pales inian mothers and sisters would eter 'terrorists'. .
The fact is that what is happening in Gaza tod.ay. cann~t .
1. ......1A:~..c1 by ..eking who ~..od tho firtt mlttdtl I~ I( important to underline the context of Israeli occupation of Palestine. International law recognises the right of .
ot:cupied countries to wage armed resistance. The UN .
ract Findi11~ Mission neaCieCI by Richard Goldstone, that indicted Israel for War Crimes in 2008-09, had Strong\'{ reiected the po\icy of "equating the pos\tion of \srae\ .
e Occupying Power With that of the occupied Pa es ·nian population or entities representing it. The ai erences with regard to the power and capacity to in "ct harm or to protect, including by securing justice .
en violations occur, are obvious and a comparison is .
e,,her possible nor necessary." .
.
hat the Goldstone Report observed then, applies this .
time as well: "The Gaza military operations were, .
according to the Israeli Government, thoroughly and .
e e s· e P a ed. While the Israeli Governme -s .
..... i s ope rations as esse ·: a .
response to cKet attacks in the exercise ts --.. -o .
self defence the Mission considers the p an .
.
been directed at least in part, at a differen target: the .
people of Gaza as a ·whole." .
.
Whose "Right To Exist" and Whose .
"Terrorism"? .
.
While the rep·ession and massacre of Palestinians goe· .
on both 2 Israeli government, and the US .
pr~paganda machine work overtime to absurdly paint .
Israel as the rea ·ictim! Israel claims that it has a "right .
to exist", that ts citizens have a right to live without .
the daily fear of rocket attacks and suicide bombers. .
The current war and the continued economic blockade .
a..-e O~lenslbly a p nishment for Hamas's crude .
homemade rock2t~ s~nt into l~raal (which fail to reach .
their targets most oft le time). .
.
11 ll Palr:ltinian&.
The fact ot the matter 1s that tr ts acwa Y II! . who are fighting a daily battle for existence, for surviVD'1 for freedom and dignity. f .
Let us take a brief look at the history of t~~-:~~t~i~g Israel . essentially a history of the Ionge . ' · f times spannms .
settler colonial_ism and raCisPml o t?nu! has r~peatedly.
1 t an ent1re century. :a e~ 1 I .
a mos f the furthering Imperial de:. J:>llS .
been made a pawn or itlsh and now .
of various colonisers; the French, the Br EJ .
the United States. .
.
.
.
.
PaRCha - JNU - GSCASH - 2014 ID-61422
.
Even as major world powers maintain a shameful silence on this massacre, the Israeli PM Netanyahu has declared on ...... that "world pressure will not stop us ... there is still more to go." .
For the 1.5 million people living in Gaza, and also for the re~idents of the We~t Bank In Palestine, mayherr. .
and m~ss~cres are nothing new. Israel has been i lc;. ally occupying vast tracts and controlling both areas to .
Ut:\..dUt:!>. ~ulh 13dLi:l csnd Wesl Bank resemble vaS1 .
where economic blockades enforced by Israel are a a .
of daily existence.lsrael still controls access to. ea: , .
and over Gaza's air space and seacoast ar~d Its ces .
--···· ...-,...-............. -: ...._ : ....___ ~-.
-----~ .
;;;.;d~t,..,·;,;-;..,-.;;;;,.;;~nt of p,;opl,; in ond ovt of Gaza have .
been .slowly choked oil, leadlns ~o life-threatening .
croblems o'f sani'ta'tion, h a t:h,. water supply and .
.
transportation. .
Palestine today Is the longest: ever people's res\stcsnce .
to eo\on\a\ism, O(;(;upat\on, ami rac\sm. \t \s ironic tha .
th~ \~1'a~\i ~tat~. supposed\v a rnon~rnent "tsain:o\ Na~ .
racism and genocide, is itself the worst perpetrator of .
racism ana genocide in today's world. Ending this racist occupation and genocide is a call for conscience for the .
whole world. .
As the US-backed world powers, much of the mainstream.media and the ruling class political parties 1n 1ne11a seek to erase the memory of Palestine's occupation and resistance it is important to revisit the history of Palestine, and responds to some of e .
popular myths propagated against Pales i e. .
A re "Both Sides" At Fault? .
.
Pro-Israeli propaganda tries to tell us that Hamas rockets justify the Israeli offensive; that Israel is merely exercising its right to self-defence. Apologists for Israel in India tell us that "both sides" are at fault and lnd a should not take sides. .
The truth? A tiny handful of Israeli civilian c:asualfes .
have been reported. And on the Palestinian side? ~ore than 800 massacred, a huge number of them l1tt e children. After launching the ground offensive, lsrae 'warns' Palestinians to leave their homes and flee f they stand their ground and stay, they are assun:e~ to .
be terrorists and killed. What is worse. Paledn::.nc: .
.. dVO: nQWI'leJ'I; .
tQ nee or hide, .
.
~r~me MiniHer DijVI~ ~ameron of Britain in 2010 .
1 1.
.
u MThe v:~~t.
admitted thctt ClazCI Wd~ csn openalr pn3on. . majority of people in Gaza are trappe.d in the Gaza s~n~ -which as Anne Barnard observes, IS a mere 25-mlle .
' ·1 wideI one of the most.
long rectangle just a few ml es densely popul~ted places in the world, and surroundedd d fences along its northern an.
by com;rete waII s an eastern bOundaries with 15rael and its southern ~~rder with Egypt. In .ollu:r words, Can ~~ li~o :1 usa Jallianwala Bagh, with people trapped withl~, ~~rv~d of food, water and medicine, and peno u:a Y .
bombarded. .
.
Israel justifies a.ttacking homes, hospitals, playgrounds and so on by claiming that Hamas is sheltering "terrorists". This is a transparent lie: in the eyes of the Israeli State, every Palestinian is a "terrorist." This is exposed by the words of Ayelet ShakPrl, lsrt:~eli MP of he Je 'ish Home party, who called for the slaughter of .
o ers who give birth to "little snakes." ordechai Keidar, a lecturer on Arabic l~· tl'~ Oar llar'l Ur'liver~ity, who dedt~red .
a only raping Pales inian mothers and sisters would eter 'terrorists'. .
The fact is that what is happening in Gaza tod.ay. cann~t .
1. ......1A:~..c1 by ..eking who ~..od tho firtt mlttdtl I~ I( important to underline the context of Israeli occupation of Palestine. International law recognises the right of .
ot:cupied countries to wage armed resistance. The UN .
ract Findi11~ Mission neaCieCI by Richard Goldstone, that indicted Israel for War Crimes in 2008-09, had Strong\'{ reiected the po\icy of "equating the pos\tion of \srae\ .
e Occupying Power With that of the occupied Pa es ·nian population or entities representing it. The ai erences with regard to the power and capacity to in "ct harm or to protect, including by securing justice .
en violations occur, are obvious and a comparison is .
e,,her possible nor necessary." .
.
hat the Goldstone Report observed then, applies this .
time as well: "The Gaza military operations were, .
according to the Israeli Government, thoroughly and .
e e s· e P a ed. While the Israeli Governme -s .
..... i s ope rations as esse ·: a .
response to cKet attacks in the exercise ts --.. -o .
self defence the Mission considers the p an .
.
been directed at least in part, at a differen target: the .
people of Gaza as a ·whole." .
.
Whose "Right To Exist" and Whose .
"Terrorism"? .
.
While the rep·ession and massacre of Palestinians goe· .
on both 2 Israeli government, and the US .
pr~paganda machine work overtime to absurdly paint .
Israel as the rea ·ictim! Israel claims that it has a "right .
to exist", that ts citizens have a right to live without .
the daily fear of rocket attacks and suicide bombers. .
The current war and the continued economic blockade .
a..-e O~lenslbly a p nishment for Hamas's crude .
homemade rock2t~ s~nt into l~raal (which fail to reach .
their targets most oft le time). .
.
11 ll Palr:ltinian&.
The fact ot the matter 1s that tr ts acwa Y II! . who are fighting a daily battle for existence, for surviVD'1 for freedom and dignity. f .
Let us take a brief look at the history of t~~-:~~t~i~g Israel . essentially a history of the Ionge . ' · f times spannms .
settler colonial_ism and raCisPml o t?nu! has r~peatedly.
1 t an ent1re century. :a e~ 1 I .
a mos f the furthering Imperial de:. J:>llS .
been made a pawn or itlsh and now .
of various colonisers; the French, the Br EJ .
the United States. .
.
.
.
.