Israel is only the very pick of the top of the sword of the colonial Zionist and liberal empire. It is therefore being supported by the governments of most countries. The United States being at the forefront but Egypt and Jordan are part of it too and that`s only to mention the closest neighbouring countries.
So who can change this ? Us of course, us ! The citizens of this planet. The civil society, who despite its difficulties in getting organised are launching a few highly significant campaigns:
The Total boycott of Israel and the petition requiring for its war criminals to be brought to justice under international law.
On the west bank the check points are stopping the free movements of the population. It stops them going to schools, to hospitals. The borders are closed and controlled by Zionist soldiers. The curfew forbids people from going out of their houses.. or face being killed ! Every day more land is being stolen, houses are being confiscated or destroyed. Olive trees are being uprooted, herds poisoned, citizens imprisoned, militants assassinated, prisoners tortured. Elderly people, women and children are not excluded from all these terrible events.
In Gaza there are no check points; the blockade there, is starving the people in what has now become the largest concentration camp in the world.
The latest bombing attack kept going relentlessly day and night and lasted for 3 weeks as we remember from December 27th to January 18th. This caused for 1500 people to die and 5000 to be wounded with burns, mutilations and crippling wounds that will stay with them for life.
Israel has been responsible for a carnage at the beginning of the year. So much has been destroyed: first with the savage killing of people, the destruction of buildings, schools, houses and hopitals and then with their economy being shattered to pieces.
The Israeli blockade however is still in place and carrying on. Because of it, the people of Gaza are still not able to rebuild anything... nor are they properly able to treat their sick and wounded. Very little humanitarian aid is being allowed in and the little that is let through has been decided upon arbitrarily despite the UN`s protest against these restrictions.
Vast quantities of humanitarian aid are being stored and kept in Egypt regardless of whether it is food, medical aid or building materials, to rot and be exposed to the elements under the sun and heat and then they are being destroyed because they have reached their "expiry date".
In Palestine, the population has been living under military occupation since its colonisation in 1948 and is being collectively crucified by the Israeli war machine. Is really the entire world allowing this happen ? How is that possible ?
Israel is only the very pick of the top of the sword of the colonial Zionist and liberal empire. It is therefore being supported by the governments of most countries. The United States being at the forefront but Egypt and Jordan are part of it too and that`s only to mention the closest neighbouring countries. Europe is also implicated of course as it is doing its best to give its political, economical and financial support. Yes those same governments that are creating laws against emigrants or are in favour of flexibility, and are sending troupes to Afghanistan in order to suppress the resisting population. It is those same countries that have left the room during the conference in Durban whilst the Iranian leader denounced the state of Israel as being a racist state.
Governments however do not bear alone the responsibility for supporting Zionism, television channels and the media generally are also making this increasing genocide possible, as they force us to believe that it is the Palestinians who are the terrorists. The media do not ever condemn Israel, nor its fascist government, nor its assassinations, nor its daily violations of international laws. But 3 months after the massacre, which is beyond description (and beyond media coverage !), the same media are today frantically attacking those who accuse Israel. Iran in particular has been under fire and been compared on the occasion to Nazi Germany.
There is something important that we have been forced to accept and to believe and that is that the world will never change, that it is a brutal and unjust place and that this is just how it is and that it would be being stupid not to accept it. This is the true obstacle to change. The certainty that nothing is possible !
So who can change this ? Us of course, us ! The citizens of this planet. The civil society, who despite its difficulties in getting organised are lauching a few highly significant campaigns:
1) The Total boycott of Israel and the petition requiring for its war criminals to be brought to justice under international law.
2) The humanitarian convoys and all the initiatives to bring in aid into Gaza.
3) The international campaign to break the siege of Gaza and allow the free circulation of people and goods as required by the universal declaration of human rights (12-10-1948).
All these campaigns are terribly important,
but the urgency at the moment for the people of Gaza is for the blockade to be lifted.
To participate in this campaign you can:
- Sign the petition for the end of the blockade.
- Put pressure by sending out letters (letters, fax, email, telephone calls) to Egyptian embassies and consulates as well as to your government and MP`s.
- Participate actively by coming to the Rafah border as a citizen of the world, showing your solidarity, occupying with others the frontier post between Egypt and Gaza to demand its permanent reopening. You can come with us and represent the people of your country with their outrage at what has happened and is happening and who want justice, peace, and freedom to prevail.
You can also help in other ways if you are not able to come, by distributing this information (to the people you know and as widely as possible), by giving financial support to help people go and stay at the border who may otherwise not be able stay as long or go at all.
0 Have Your Say!:
Post a Comment