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ACK's avatar

hopefully this means aid will be allowed in!

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Kathleen Grover's avatar

It’s simply incredible that the world powers have either stood by and watched this bloody massacre or, worse yet, supplied the bombs, fighter jets, money, and political cover to ensure that it continues. I’m cynical about most governments and their willingness to harm others or even their own people for personal and political gain, but in the past they’d make some attempt to correct their actions when their actions were exposed. The genocide in Gaza has the dubious distinction of being the first to be live-streamed. Yet, even the knowledge that the entire world has been watching these atrocities and has been protesting for over a year seems to have no effect. I never thought I’d live to see this level of depravity on the part of western governments. Israel has never upheld international law or sought peace which would mean permanent borders. They’ve believed themselves superior to all other people, entitled to take whatever land they desire by any means. It’s only been the halfhearted limits on their savagery by the international community that have prevented this brutal campaign of murder and displacement from happening years ago. Israel will never be a country that upholds international law, including humanitarian law, on its own initiative. It will never be a genuine democracy and will remain a racist apartheid state without outside pressure. In short, Israel will never be a true member of the international community, will never respect the human rights of others, will continue to murder and wreak destruction, unless they are held accountable. They have clearly recognized this opportunity, an opportunity that was orchestrated in advance (Gaza 2035 plan) and probably sanctioned by the US at its inception, to be their last chance to finish the destruction of the Palestinian people that began in 1947.

The UNSC is blocked by the US veto and powerless to take any action. It’s incumbent upon the individual member states to abide by their obligations under the UN Charter and place arms and trade embargoes on Israel, to sanction Israel, and take any and all other necessary measures to halt Israel’s genocidal attacks on OPT and their illegal attacks on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen. Israel needs to be barred from the UN their membership suspended. If the international community continues to fail in their obligations the world as we know it - or thought we knew it- will cease to exist.

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