Gaza: Why does the world allow it?
Do we actually have to look to Russia, China and Iran for our conscience and opposition to Israeli terror?
Thanks for your sympathy Jeff. It's meant well but actually a bit unnecessary. If you have read any of my Blog posts over the last three years or more, you will realise despite all the brickbats and insults, I have argued against the covid policy nonsense, which from the beginning I have seen as a man made and dangerous deception. All my predictions have been borne out by subsequent reality. However I think we should all keep our sympathy for suffering humanity and particularly those in Gaza at this very moment, having high explosives and masonry raining down on them at any time: because of Israel; because of the United States; because of the EU; because of Empire and conquest; because of Balfour; because of Hitler; because of Netanyahu; because of religion and messianic, maniacal belief, which we are powerless to stop. Empathy doesn't stop it, concern doesn't stop it, protest doesn't stop it. In fact nothing seems to stop it, until humans regain thair sanity and say no to unjustified violence and bloodshed, say no to that little western outpost and 'aircraft carrier' and have true concern for humanity, whatever its religion or race. It seems our leaders are steeped in blood and run headlong to chaos and destruction. Their god must be the devil indeed, which is why the co vi di ty fraud is not unrelated to the 'muslim terrorist' fraud and all the other frauds hoisted upon us by our governing clique. Nevertheless one principle holds good: namely that for those that are causing the fear, suffering and death of little children in Gaza, it were better that a millstone was tied about their neck and they were cast into the uttermost part of the sea.
https://gumshoenews.com/assholes-anonymous-regarding-the-middle-east/#more-38067
Israel has unleashed a horrific war of collective punishment against the people of Gaza, the latest in a long history of anti-Palestinian oppression. As corporate media shamelessly provides cover for what is undoubtedly a genocide unfolding in real time, the need to ground our understanding of the conflict in its proper history is more important than ever. Norman Finkelstein joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss Israel's 17 year blockade of Gaza and its crucial significance to understanding the events of the past two weeks.
Studio Production: Adam Coley, Cameron Granadino
Post-Production: David Hebden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0aemeCbRTk
Following from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12607891/Israeli-festivalgoers-siren-hamas-open-fire-medic-istrael-palestine.html
The Israel-Palestine conflict: recent events in a decades-long dispute
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas launched its biggest assault on Israel in years early on Saturday, firing a barrage of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters across the border.
Israel said it was on a war footing and began its own strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza, with Israeli media reporting gun battles between bands of Palestinian fighters and security forces in southern Israel.
The following timeline, which begins with Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, details the major flare-ups in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian groups in the crowded coastal enclave, which is home to 2.3 million people.
August 2005: Israeli forces unilaterally withdraw from Gaza 38 years after capturing it from Egypt in the Middle East war, abandoning settlements and leaving the enclave under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
Jan. 25, 2006: The Islamist group Hamas wins a majority of seats in a Palestinian legislative election. Israel and the U.S. cut off aid to Palestinians because Hamas refuses to renounce violence and recognise Israel.
June 25, 2006: Hamas militants capture Israeli army conscript Gilad Shalit in a cross-border raid from Gaza, prompting Israeli air strikes and incursions. Shalit is finally freed more than five years later in a prisoner exchange.
June 14, 2007: Hamas takes over Gaza in a brief civil war, ousting Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is based in the West Bank.
Dec. 27, 2008: Israel launches a 22-day military offensive in Gaza after Palestinians fire rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot. About 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis are reported killed before a ceasefire is agreed.
Nov. 14, 2012: Israel kills Hamas's military chief of staff, Ahmad Jabari. Eight days of Palestinian militant rocket fire and Israeli air strikes follow.
July-August 2014: The kidnap and killing of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas leads to a seven-week war in which more than 2,100 Palestinians are reported killed in Gaza and 73 Israelis are reported dead, 67 of them military.
March 2018: Palestinian protests begin at Gaza's fenced border with Israel. Israeli troops open fire to keep protestors back. More than 170 Palestinians are reported killed in several months of protests, which also prompt fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces.
May 2021: After weeks of tension during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians are wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces at the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site.
After demanding Israel withdraw security forces from the compound, Hamas unleashes a barrage of rockets from Gaza into Israel. Israel hits back with air strikes on Gaza. Fighting goes on for 11 days, killing at least 250 people in Gaza and 13 in Israel.
Aug 2022: At least 44 people, including 15 children, are killed in three days of violence that begin when Israeli air strikes hit a senior Islamic Jihad commander.
Israel says the strikes were a pre-emptive operation against an imminent attack by the Iranian-backed militant movement, targeting commanders and arms depots. In response, Islamic Jihad fires more than 1,000 rockets towards Israel. Israel's Iron Dome air defence system prevents any serious damage or casualties.
Jan 2023: Islamic Jihad in Gaza fires two rockets towards Israel after Israeli troops raid a refugee camp and kill seven Palestinian gunmen and two civilians. The rockets set off alarms in Israeli communities near the border but cause no casualties. Israel responds with air strikes on Gaza.
Oct 2023: Hamas launches the biggest attack on Israel in years from the Gaza Strip, with a surprise assault combining gunmen crossing the border with a heavy barrage of rockets. Islamic Jihad says its fighters have joined the attack.
Israel's military said it was on a war footing, adding it had carried out strikes targeting Hamas in Gaza and had called up reservists.
In the minds of the Israeli occupiers and their treatment of Palestinians. It explains a lot.
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