This is looong overdue..
Dedicated to Gaza.
All photos used in this post are authentic and taken from Gaza.
Birth is a beautiful thing (and “fucking painful” as said by fellow female relatives). When a child is born, it is the beginning of a fruitful life. Birth lies in the core of the life cycle and is one of the most miraculous things that we humans experience during our time at earth (birth even exceeds getting hold of last-minute awesome V.I.P seats at some big football rivalry match)
But birth is also used in other terms. When a person raises from depression, he is born again. A person, living life in drugs, booze and women/men, finds inner peace and is thus born again. Or someone joining a religion. All in all, birth signifies a new chapter, a clean chapter.
But even the most miraculous and beautiful things in life aren’t pure.
People are re-born under the most vicious and tragic moments. Gone is the former self, and born is the new, vengeful self. The soul has left, and the spirit to live is gone. The inhumanity that the eye records is branded in the memory, and one looks upon the sky, screaming and demanding answers.
You are reborn into something that you cannot recognize. Reborn to do things that you could not have imagined. Reborn to take what was taken from you.
People ask, “Why do people in Gaza hate Israel?”. People ask, “Why do people in Kashmir support radical groups?”. People ask “Why do people in the Middle East hate USA?”
Why?
This is why.
When a man in a suit steps on a platform and says clearly into a mike, “Either you are with us or the terrorists”, you wonder if the world in blind enough to let that pass.
When it does, you are outraged with the world.
When a man in a suit steps on a platform and declares a country to have weapons of mass destruction without any evidence, you wonder if the world is blind enough to let that pass.
When it does, you are not only enraged, but disappointed in the human race.
In Gaza, much of the shouts and the cries of the ordinary people have gone pretty much unheard. Labeled as terrorists, the Palestinian people have got all the odds against them. The Western media, when doing surveys, asks people “Do you support Israel, or the terrorist organization Hamas?” Already there, the Palestinian people have no voice as their own, as an image of a bearded terrorist takes over the mind.
We hear of bombs on the border of Israel. Unacceptable yes, but why doesn’t anyone bother looking behind the reason why so many Palestinians are so bitter over Israel? Why doesn’t anyone look, just for a minuet, at what the Palestinians are going through, and what the Israeli government is doing. We speak of human rights, we speak of freedom, yet we are so hypocritical that we rob others of the basic human rights that we have agreed upon and signed under the UN law. We simply look away when international laws and human right conventions are breached, and when someone finally notices he is either VETOed by the US or simply tagged as anti-semitic (which is totally out of place, and I’ll explain why)
Let me quickly take your hand and guide you through. Here are the resolutions from the UN to Israel ;
1. Resolution 106: “…‘condemns’ Israel for Gaza raid”
2. Resolution 111: “…‘condemns’ Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people”
3. Resolution 127: “…‘recommends’ Israel suspend its ‘no-man’s zone’ in Jerusalem”
4. Resolution 162: “…‘urges’ Israel to comply with UN decisions”
5. Resolution 171: “…determines flagrant violations’ by Israel in its attack on Syria”
6. Resolution 228: “…‘censures’ Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control”
7. Resolution 237: “…‘urges’ Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees”
8. Resolution 248: “…‘condemns’ Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan”
9. Resolution 250: “…‘calls’ on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem”
10. Resolution 251: “…‘deeply deplores’ Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250″
11. Resolution 252: “…‘declares invalid’ Israel’s acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital”
12. Resolution 256: “…‘condemns’ Israeli raids on Jordan as ‘flagrant violation”
13. Resolution 259: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation”
14. Resolution 262: “…‘condemns’ Israel for attack on Beirut airport”
15. Resolution 265: “…‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan”
16. Resolution 267: “…‘censures’ Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem”
17. Resolution 270: “…‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon”
18. Resolution 271: “…‘condemns’ Israel’s failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem”
19. Resolution 279: “…‘demands’ withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon”
20. Resolution 280: “….‘condemns’ Israeli’s attacks against Lebanon”
21. Resolution 285: “…‘demands’ immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon”
22. Resolution 298: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s changing of the status of Jerusalem”
23. Resolution 313: “…‘demands’ that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon”
24. Resolution 316: “…‘condemns’ Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon”
25. Resolution 317: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon”
26. Resolution 332: “…‘condemns’ Israel’s repeated attacks against Lebanon”
27. Resolution 337: “…‘condemns’ Israel for violating Lebanon’s sovereignty”
28. Resolution 347: “…‘condemns’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon”
29. Resolution 425: “…‘calls’ on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon”
30. Resolution 427: “…‘calls’ on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon’
31. Resolution 444: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces”
32. Resolution 446: “…‘determines’ that Israeli settlements are a ‘serious obstruction’ to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention”
33. Resolution 450: “…‘calls’ on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon”
34. Resolution 452: “…‘calls’ on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories”
35. Resolution 465: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel’s settlements program”
36. Resolution 467: “…‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s military intervention in Lebanon”
37. Resolution 468: “…‘calls’ on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return”
38. Resolution 469: “…‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s failure to observe the council’s order not to deport Palestinians”
39. Resolution 471: “…‘expresses deep concern’ at Israel’s failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention”
40. Resolution 476: “…‘reiterates’ that Israel’s claims to Jerusalem are ‘null and void’
41. Resolution 478: “…‘censures (Israel) in the strongest terms’ for its claim to Jerusalem in its ‘Basic Law’
42. Resolution 484: “…‘declares it imperative’ that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors”
43. Resolution 487: “…‘strongly condemns’ Israel for its attack on Iraq’s nuclear facility”
44. Resolution 497: “…‘decides’ that Israel’s annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights is ‘null and void’ and demands that Israel rescind its decision forthwith”
45. Resolution 498: “…‘calls’ on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon”
46. Resolution 501: “…‘calls’ on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops”
47. Resolution 509: “…‘demands’ that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon”
48. Resolution 515: “…‘demands’ that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in”
49. Resolution 517: “…‘censures’ Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon”
50. Resolution 518: “…‘demands’ that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon”
51. Resolution 520: “…‘condemns’ Israel’s attack into West Beirut”
52. Resolution 573: “…‘condemns’ Israel ‘vigorously’ for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters
53. Resolution 587: “…‘takes note’ of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw”
54. Resolution 592: “…‘strongly deplores’ the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops”
55. Resolution 605: “…‘strongly deplores’ Israel’s policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians
56. Resolution 607: “…‘calls’ on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention
57. Resolution 608: “…‘deeply regrets’ that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians”
58. Resolution 636: “…‘deeply regrets’ Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians
59. Resolution 641: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s continuing deportation of Palestinians
60. Resolution 672: “…‘condemns’ Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount
61. Resolution 673: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the United Nations
62. Resolution 681: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s resumption of the deportation of Palestinians
63. Resolution 694: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return
64. Resolution 726: “…‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s deportation of Palestinians
65. Resolution 799: “…‘strongly condemns’ Israel’s deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for their immediate return.
(Just as a note, no recent resolutions have been added as I still need to find them) If you’re still alive, I’ll like to take you to the next level. The next list is the resolutions VETOed by the United States of America. Just scroll back up and read the list again. Because those are the resolutions that were VETOed by the USA.
The bottom line is that whenever some action are been intended, Uncle Sam steps in and brings everything to a halt. This not only puts the US, the speaker for human rights and the land of the free, in one ugly position but also the UN in being a failure and a joke.
I try not to laugh while writing this, but how on earth can you expect people to back the US government up in “The War Aginst Terror” when they themselves are the perpetuators? How can the US government honestly and seriously demand other countries to support them in finding and killing terrorists, when they themselves both fund and nourish Zionist terrorism, that’s not only aimed at Gaza but other countries like Syria?
As for nuclear weapons, these weeks have shown that The Israeli government cannot be and should not be trusted with nuclear weapons. When a country is given such power like Israel has, I wouldn’t be surprised if Syria, Iran and anyone who stands up to Israel’s military occupation are blown off the map.
And not to mention the poor skills that the Israeli force has shown.
Oh yeah. Hamas eliminated right there. The only thing that is coming of of these attacks are more Hamas supporters, more hatred and way way way more anger.
Oh yeah. UN Schools are very dangerous. They are UN schools after all. God forbid that children ever go to school! What are the Palestinians thinking?
Schools, universities, media centers (God forbid we should ever know what’s going down there), hospitals. This is not Hamas the Israeli government is targeting. It’s the whole God damn population. According to the UN report, one third of the Gaza population is dead. ONE THIRD. That’s one in every three people.
I apologize for my language, but how the fuck can you expect me to sit here and smile when there is a fucking ethic cleansing doing on down there? How the fuck can you expect me to support this so-called “necessary action” when the amount of Palestinians killed in two weeks is not far away from the official number of Iraqis killed during the past eight years? And how the hell am I supposed to believe that Israel is not being held above the law?
And now much of aid (like Red Cross) is being pulled out of Gaza and the bars being being held shut. WHAT IS GOING ON? Can someone please, please explain to me? This is…God…
And if Hamas is really hiding weapons in such buildings, where is the evidence. I want to see photos, I wants to see videos, I.WANT.EVIDENCE. If this turns out to be another “Iraq-has-weapons-of-mass-destruction-oh-wait-they-don’t-anyways”, I will have lost all faith in mankind.
But I’ll let that thought linger with you.
Lets move on shall we?
Hamas are a bunch of no-good pathetic morons that should burn in hell. The fact that they throw missiles on ther border of Israel is stupid, immoral and just plain wrong.
The only issue is that considering the conditions the Palestinians live in, no doubt they do that.
Not only is the Israeli “safety precautions” inhumane but they are in direct violation of several international laws. I promise you this will be your time worth spent.
Article 27: ‘Protected persons are entitled, in all circumstances, to respect for their persons, their honour, their family rights, their religious convictions and practices, and their manners and customs. They shall at all times be humanely treated, and shall be protected especially against all acts of violence or threats thereof and against insults and public curiosity”
Broken.
- Every day Palestinians are faced with checkpoint systems which include body searches, humiliation and inconvenience.
- B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories ) reports many incidents of violence, at times gross violence against Palestinians that are unnecessary and without justification. Many claims of police brutality remain uninvestigated and have become the norm.
- The building of the Wall/ ‘Security Barrier’, has created an area between the barrier and the Green Line referred to as the “seam area”. B’Tselem estimates that this section of the barrier alone “will infringe the human rights of more than 210,000 Palestinians who live in 67 towns and villages: 13 communities, containing 11,700 residents, will become enclaves trapped between the barrier and the Green Line; the barrier’s winding route and the additional barrier (the depth barrier) east of the separation barrier will turn 19 other villages, in which 128,500 Palestinians live, into enclaves; 36 villages situated east of the separation barrier or depth barrier, containing 72,200 residents, will be separated from a substantial part of their farmland, which lies west of the barriers.”
- Only Palestinians are required to apply for a permit in order to remain living within the seam area and separate permits to enter the seam area to carry out activities such as farming. Such permits are subject to renewal. The criteria for obtaining a permit are unclear and allow complete discretion to the Civil Administration to deny the permit and thus eject Palestinians from their homes or refuse them entry to their fields. In June 2004 B’Tselem reported that “Palestinians wanting to obtain a permit face a bureaucratic nightmare”.
- The Family Unification Law, forbids Israelis married to, or who will marry in the future, residents of the Occupied Territories to live in Israel with their spouses. This law does not apply to spouses who are not residents of the Occupied Territories and is therefore discriminatory.
(Almost all info taken from http://www.jfjfp.org/factsheets/geneva4.htm)
Article 31: ‘No physical or moral coercion shall be exercised against protected persons, in particular to obtain information from them or from third parties.’
Article 32 prohibits the use of ‘any measure of such a character as to cause the physical suffering or extermination of protected persons’, a prohibition that applies not just to murder, torture etc ‘but also to any other measures of brutality whether applied by civilian or military agents’.
Broken.
- The Family Unification Law (see above), is a from of collective punishment.
- The sweeping nature of restriction of movement in the form of closure, siege and curfew constitutes a form of collective punishment. Since the outbreak of the second Second Intifada, Israel has imposed a total closure on the occupied territories and has prohibited Palestinian movement between the occupied territories and Israel and between the West Bank and Gaza, unless they have a special permit. Since 2000 Israel has issued no new entry permits.
- Israel also imposes internal closures on specific towns and villages. Since October 2000, most Palestinian communities in the West Bank have been closed off by staffed checkpoints, concrete blocks, dirt piles or deep trenches. During curfews, residents are completely prohibited from leaving their homes. As B’Tselem has put it: “The sweeping nature of the restrictions imposed by Israel, the specific timing that it employs when deciding to ease or intensify them, and the destructive human consequences turn its policy into a clear form of collective punishment. Such punishment is absolutely prohibited by the Fourth Geneva Convention.’
- The requirement of all Palestinians who wish to remain living in or to enter the “seam area” to apply for the permits is a form of collective punishment. Residents in this area, as well as those who wish to enter the area, will now be dependent on the benevolence of the defense establishment, even though they are suspected of no wrongdoing. These residents are affected solely because of their poor luck in living or working east of the route where Israel decided to construct the barrier.
- House demolitions are carried out under the emergency regulations (DER 119) of the British mandate which provide for an authority to demolish a house as a response against persons suspected of taking part in or directly supporting criminal or guerilla activities. Recently, application of DER 119 has become limited to instances in which an attack was launched from a specific house or cases in which an “inhabitant” of the house was suspected of involvement in an offense. The term “inhabitant,” however, has been broadly defined to include persons who do not necessarily reside in said house regularly, and often is applied to family homes in which a suspected offender previously resided. The regular occupants’ knowledge of the offense has been deemed irrelevant by the Israeli authorities. This is clearly a form of collective punishment.
Article 53 states: ‘Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.
Broken.
- Over 500 Palestinian homes have been demolished in the last 3 years. While the convention recognises a wide scope of discretion to the military commander, the concept of military necessity is not a “carte blanche” to the military. There are criteria for assessing military necessity’ (see below) and if the demolition fails to fulfill one of these criteria, it is illegal. It is impossible to sustain the view that the large number of demolitions have complied with these criteria.
- According to a recent Human Rights Watch report, the IDF has rendered 16 000 people homeless over the past four years, regardless of whether their homes posed a genuine military threat.
- The uprooting of tens of thousands of olive and orange trees and the confiscation of large amounts of land to build the Wall/ ‘security barrier’ are in direct violation of this provision.
- A recent article in Ha’aretz describes how the military authorities have done nothing to prevent settlers from stealing Palestinian olive harvest
And there are more, but I’m going to fast forward to present. Israel and US just signed a contract to stop Hamas getting hands on “dirty” weapons.
Ok, fair enough, but seriously. There is a massacre going on down there and all you can talk about is DIRTY WEAPONS? So I guess this the strong allegation that Israel is using banned weapons and bombs is just bulls*** right? You have got to be kidding me.
According to the Guardian ;
The Israeli military are accused of:
• Using powerful shells in civilian areas which the army knew would cause large numbers of innocent casualties;
• Using banned weapons such as phosphorus bombs;
• Holding Palestinian families as human shields;
• Attacking medical facilities, including the killing of 12 ambulance men in marked vehicles;
• Killing large numbers of police who had no military role.
Israeli military actions prompted an unusual public rebuke from the International Red Cross after the army moved a Palestinian family into a building and shelled it, killing 30. The surviving children clung to the bodies of their dead mothers for four days while the army blocked rescuers from reaching the wounded.
And people wonder why terrorists are born.
Oh my favorite part ofcourse ;
Two leading Israeli human rights organisations have separately written to the country’s attorney general demanding he investigate the allegations.
But critics remain sceptical that any such inquiry will take place, given that Israel has previously blocked similar attempts with the backing of the US.
Thank God you can’t hear me. I just screamed by the way.
This is getting out of hand. There is a point when self-defense turns into straight up murder. This is murder. Period.
I have always doubted and questioned the “birth” of the state of Israel and the breaches of the laws while creating the state of Israel (that should come to you some other time, in some other post), I have never been furious with it.
But this? I’m sorry, but the Israeli government just turned into one fucking Marvel villain in my eyes.
Last night, before going to sleep, I made the horrid mistake at looking at some pictures my friend has sent to me. Here are some ;
Maybe you knew this stuff.
Maybe you didn’t.
How can we, as humans, sit by and let the Israeli and the American government play their own game resulting in children clinging on to their dead parents, and parents clinging on to their dead children. No one is above the law, and no one has the right to disregard human rights and lives. That goes for poor and rich countries. No country has the right to do what Israel and the US have been doing for years in Gaza.
All you need to know is that this came from the heart.
I hope you could feel that. I hope you could feel my heart beat, and I hope you could taste my tears. I hope that you learnt something, I hope that you started thinking and I hope I’ve brought some thoughts into you. I hope that you also do what it is in your power alert people. I hope you know know that a solid support for the Israeli action is both inhumane, grotesque and immoral.
If any of this has occurred, the intention of this blog has succeeded.
Just one more thing;
Think about it.
This is the last full stop.
Until next time,
Mamashaal (( desi diva ))
