Israeli Savagery a Stain on the West and a Stab at Obama
"The attack
on the humanitarian flotilla was the consequence of a state decision to derail diplomatic
efforts aimed at alleviating the predatory occupation of Gaza, the population
of which has endured acts of genocide that inevitably bring to mind the horrific circumstances
of the Jews who were herded and massacred by the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto … the
bullets that cut short the lives of more than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists
were directed, ultimately, at the Middle East policies undertaken by Barack
Obama."
After a commando raid on a flotilla of ships intent on breaking Israel's three-year blockade of Gaza, the Jewish State is confronting a firestorm of global criticism.
The
bloody attack executed the other night by the Israeli military against a
flotilla of six ships that intended to bring humanitarian aid to the besieged
population of Gaza - which left 19 activists dead and dozens wounded - is the
consequence of the inacceptable margin of impunity that the United States and
Western Europe have permitted the regime in Tel-Aviv to commit all sorts of war
crimes, atrocities and violations of human rights. And not only against the Palestinians
who are prisoners in their own land, but against any expression of solidarity with
that unfortunate people. Israeli leaders know they can commit any crime, anywhere
in the world, without bringing on themselves negative consequences of any kind.
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Such
were the circumstances under which the aggression occurred, in international
waters on the Mediterranean Sea, against the Freedom Flotilla, with carried around
700 members of humanitarian organizations of various nationalities, mostly
Turks, transporting about 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid (food, medicine and
educational and construction materials) to the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering
under a merciless blockade by Tel Aviv.
As
usual, official Israeli propaganda has depicted the assaulted as aggressors and
accused them of having "attacked, beaten and stabbed" the military
forces who forcibly boarded the ships and fired indiscriminately at the people
who were on them.
Such
propagandistic falsifications clearly show that the attack on the humanitarian
flotilla wasn't an isolated case of losing control, but the consequence of a state
decision, the purpose of which can only be to derail diplomatic efforts aimed
at alleviating - even minimally - the predatory occupation of the West Bank and
the siege of Gaza, the population of which has been enduring acts of genocide that
inevitably bring to mind the horrific circumstances of the Jews who were herded
and massacred by the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto.
From
this perspective, the bullets that cut short the lives of more than a dozen
pro-Palestinian activists have been directed, ultimately, at the Middle East policies
undertaken by the administration of Barack Obama.
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by WORLDMEETS.US
However,
the worldwide indignation generated by the aggression against the Freedom
Flotilla, which governments and social organizations have characterized as an
act of state terrorism, will not be enough to put an end to the impunity with
which the Israeli government has always operated. Demonstrations and
expressions of outrage against the criminal actions of this regime seem only to
have extended the threshold of tolerance permitting Tel-Aviv to continue its
war crimes - even amidst universal condemnation.
This
phenomenon makes it necessary to redirect and reformulate efforts of social
solidarity with the Palestinians into specific demands directed at the
governments of the United States and Western Europe. Diplomatic notes should be
replaced by concrete political and economic sanctions, as well as legal actions
aimed at bringing Israeli leaders before international tribunals of justice. At
this point it is fitting to remind the reader of the double standards that
characterize the conduct of wealthy Western nations, who razed Iraq and Serbia
and brought their former leaders to trial for atrocities not unlike those that
Israel has committed in occupied Palestine and in other parts of the world.
If
Washington and the European Union allow to go unpunished, a criminal aggression
perpetrated on international waters against civilian ships traveling to Gaza on
a humanitarian mission, they will void all of their speeches and pronouncements
in favor of the rule of international law, human rights and justice. And the
world will advance not toward civilization - but savagery.
