Israel, Apartheid and World Opinion [View all]

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As the Israeli massacre of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip continues, a review of some pertinent facts surrounding this tragic, deadly, genocidal situation may be useful.

Military preparedness. Palestine, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, has no army, navy or air force. Israel has one of the most powerful military systems in the world, backed and financed by the most powerful (United States). It has the deadliest and most technologically-advanced weaponry in the world.

The killing of three residents living in illegal settlements was not the cause of the Israeli bombardment and invasion. Earlier, much to Israel’s dismay, the divided government of Palestine, Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Fatah in the West Bank, reunited. Their seven-year separation was seen, disingenuously, as an impediment to a peaceful solution, a solution Israel has no interest in achieving. Further angering Israel was the fact that most of the world, including its favorite puppet and open-ended check book, the U.S., said it would work with the new government.

In May, video showing Israel Defense Forces (IDF; also known as terrorists), shooting unarmed teenagers in the back caused hardly a ripple of condemnation from the international community. IDF terrorists killing innocent, unarmed Palestinians has become so commonplace that it is no longer even news.

The current bombardment and invasion of the Gaza Strip is simply business as usual. Israeli officials have stated that it’s necessary to ‘mow the lawn’ of Gaza periodically, bringing its residents, already impoverished and suffering because of the illegal blockade imposed by Israel, to the most absolute level of suffering imaginable.

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