Translation
World leaders respond timidly to Israeli attacks on defenseless Gaza
By Dan Lieberman
The tepid response of world leaders to Israel’s ferocious attack on a defenseless Gaza conveys a helpless feeling to all world citizens – brutality rules and we are all vulnerable to attack. EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, commented that “the EU is very concerned by the events in Gaza.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted as saying he "strongly condemns the irresponsible provocations which led to this situation as well as the disproportionate use of force."
Are world leaders totally ignorant of the events leading to the massive destruction of Palestinian life? Are they unaware of Israel’s provocations and shrewd deceptions which allowed them to seem innocent and carry out a plan to destroy the Palestinians? The facts are:
For two years Israel has illegally blockaded Gaza. BBC News (Heather Sharp, Gaza Under Blockade, Nov. 11, 2008) states that the area’s “1.5 million people have been relying on less than a quarter of the volume of imported supplies they received in December 2005” and “virtually no exports have been permitted.” A totally paralyzed economy has tried to exist with reduced fuel supplies, electrical outages and a lack of spare parts. Intermittent hunger and severe physical and psychological damage have been common. Include impacts on sewage treatment, waste collection, water supplies and medical facilities.
Despite a truce between Hamas and Israel, the Israel military continued its attacks on West Bank Palestinians. Some of the provocations:
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, over the last two weeks, from December 4th - 17th, two Palestinians, including a civilian were killed by Israeli forces, ten Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire and three others were wounded by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Four fighters with the Palestinian resistance, and an unarmed woman were wounded by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.
Dec. 19, IMEMC News
How did Hamas react to these provocations – quite sensible.
In order to continue the truce, Hamas issued two responsible demands (1) Israel halt its devastating economic blockade of Gaza, and (2) Israel observe a truce in the West Bank as well as Gaza.
When Israel refused to meet these humanitarian demands, Hamas refused to continue the truce, as it had promised and as Israel knew would happen. Rocket fire by militants, not clearly identified with Hamas, sent mortars and rockets into Israel. Despite the intensive barrage, not a single Israeli was killed or wounded.
Note: Although any weapons fire against a civilian population is unjustified, rockets are not guided missiles and these mortars are mostly homemade devices that only propel a small explosive and have limited range. No mention has been made of the constitution of the barrages - the number of mortars and the number of rockets.
So, world leaders, what do we know?
For two years the people in Gaza have been intermittently starved and left destitute by Israel actions. Israeli attacks on innocent Palestinians continue. Despite no Israelis being harmed in the December rocket and mortar barrages, Israel used the attacks as an excuse to devastate the defenseless Palestinians.
And what else do we know?
Israel has planned this action for six months and waited for a suitable time to activate it.
IAF strike followed months of planning, by Barak David
Ha’aretz, December 28, 2008
Long-term planning, meticulous intelligence-gathering, secret discussions, visual deception tactics and disinformation preceded operation "Cast Lead" which the Israel Air Force launched yesterday in Gaza to take out Hamas targets in the Strip.
The disinformation effort, according to defense officials, took Hamas by surprise and served to significantly increase the number of its casualties in the strike.
Sources in the defense establishment said Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the operation over six months ago, even as Israel was beginning to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. According to the sources, Barak maintained that although the lull would allow Hamas to prepare for a showdown with Israel, the Israeli army needed time to prepare, as well.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, considered a US ally in Beirut, described the Israeli attacks as a "criminal operation" and "new massacres to be added to its full record of massacres." If the United Nations, European Union and the US administration cannot listen to the Middle East region’s leaders and prevent these atrocities against the Palestinian people, what hope do the democratic and peace loving populations of the world have when confronted with tyranny and aggression?
Quote this article on your site | Views: 923Comments (2) |  |
Nevertheless, the KEY UN Security Council Resolution 252 DID pass in 1968 and STILL demands Israeli withdrawal from Conquered lands and cessation of THEFT of Palestinian lands and other property (see: UN Security Council Resolution 252.
However decent, anti-racism Humanity CAN act successfully by Boycotts and Sanctions as exampled by the ultimate fall of US-, UK-, White Australia- and Apartheid Israel-backed Nazi-style Apartheid South Africa.
Decent Humanity must URGENTLY apply personal and collective, intra-national and inter-national Sanctions and Boycotts against any avoidable dealings with Apartheid Israel and all persons,companies and countries that support it (notably the Western Murdochracies of the US, the UK and climate criminal, war criminal, racist White Australia).
If you have AVOIDABLE dealings with Apartheid Israel and its \\\"democratic Nazi\\\" supporters you are correspondingly complicit in the Nazi-style crimes of this racist, nuclear terrorist rogue state and its \\\"democratic Nazi\\\" supporters.
In an economic recession people have to be more selective about where they spend what money they have.
NOW is certainly the time (it has actually been the time for many years) to make the racist, democratic Nazi, invading, occupying, mass murdering latter-day \\\"democratic\\\" Nazi states of the US, the UK, racist White Australia and Apartheid Israel - and their racist supporters - PAY BIG TIME BY LOSS OF BUSINESS for their appalling crimes against Humanity (e.g. see on MWC News: 9-11 Excuse for US Global Genocide. The real 9-11 atrocity: Millions Dead (9-11 million) in Bush Wars ).
50% of the people of US-, UK- and White Australia-backed Apartheid Israel\'s Gaza Concentration Camp are CHILDREN - about 75% are Women and Children.
And yet the Apartheid Israeli bombing of this densely populated conurbation that has (so far) killed THREE HUNDRED (300) and wounded 1,000 (120 critically) is in retaliation for TWENTY THREE (23) Israeli deaths in 8.25 years from utterly wrong, wicked, criminal (and Israeli-encouraged?) Gaza Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks (see Nazi Germany-Apartheid Israel comparisons. Israeli Enemy/Israeli death ratios exceed Nazi Enemy/Nazi death ratios.
Would you avoidably buy goods or services from Nazis, racist Zionists (RZs), KKK, Bush-ites,climate criminal neo-cons, Apartheiders - or indeed anyone complicit in race-based deprivation and mass murder of CHILDREN? Would you buy soap made in Auschwitz?
|
Powered by AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition v.1.4.4
Tags: Dan Lieberman World leaders Israeli attacks Gaza