Israel steps up Gaza offensive as missiles head towards Tel Aviv airport
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| Gaza; July 8, 2014 8:34AM ET |
Mubarak and now al-Sisi demonstrate the
extent to which Egypt, in the pay of America and Israel, will go to
blockade Palestine generally and Gaza in particular, using the well
worn pretext of “preventing terrorism”. The list of blockaded
goods is extensive and includes, construction materials, tin cans of
any description (in case they are melted down and used in weapon
construction), many food items as they are considered by the
Israeli's and Egyptian governments to be “luxury items”, cement,
glass, steel, bitumen, wood, paint, doors, plastic pipes, metal
pipes, metal reinforcement rods, aggregate, generators, high voltage
cables and any other items which may be considered as having a
“military” potential.
The collusion between Israel and Egypt,
with the acquiescence of America, in the collective punishment of the
entire population of Palestinians, particularly those in Gaza, is an
insult to humanity and a crime of immense proportions, all due to the
fact that the democratic election of Hamas and its subsequent
“unification” government with Fatah, is violently opposed in Tel
Aviv, Cairo and Washington. Support for Palestine was one of the
reasons for the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi by the Al-Sisi coup of
July last year, supported and encouraged by the United States.
The purpose of these initial comments
is to provide some perspective on the present situation today. Last
night, 8th/9th July 2014, over 160 air-strikes by Israeli Air force
jets were made against Gaza. The air-strikes were supported by naval
bombardment from the Israeli navy, during which 35 Palestinian
civilians were killed., including eight children and all in the name
of Israel defending its citizens. In the round of “tit-for-tat”
reprisals, much emphasis has been placed on the alleged “kidnap and
killing” of three Israeli students in Hebron. There is no mention
of the murder of 2 Palestinian youths by the IOF the previous week.
Israeli government or military spokespersons fill our televisions
with their accounts of Hamas missiles “raining down” on Israeli
citizens, but there is no mention of repeated Israeli air strikes on
Gaza and other “targets” in the West Bank some days previously.
Against this background, western
governments and the media provide tacit support for the Tel Aviv
government by condemning Palestinian aggression and terrorism calling
for an end to the launching of (hand made) missiles from Gaza, and at
the same time suggesting “restraint” from the Israeli's.
The collective guilty conscience in the
western capitals has been providing the Israeli's with succor and
excuse for over 65 years. It has been abundantly clear for all that
time, that the Israeli's can do no wrong and any actions they choose
to take are acceptable and appropriate.
It is a proposition that is rapidly
loosing credibility with many people around the world and can not
endure for much longer.
The one great fact remains. Israel is
occupying and blockading another country and inflicting a collective
punishment on the Palestinian people by military force. Why does the
world stand by and watch the systematic destruction of an entire
nation and say or do nothing? The Israeli's and the rest of the
world, should not be surprised when an occupied and blockaded
country, fights back against its oppressors with whatever weapons or
means lie at its disposal. In this struggle against the continuing
occupation they have my total unqualified support.
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