While the pro-Israel Western media has been unable to conceal the daily, indiscriminate killing of anything that breathes and moves in Gaza (Article 2a) and the terrorization of children, the young and the old (mental harm) with the constant bombardment, bulldozers, and drones (Article 2b), the media has been apt at hiding the horrific effects of the blockade -- the deliberate infliction of condition of life calculated to bring about physical destruction in whole or in part (Article 2c).
In 2010, Amnesty International's report Suffocating Gaza - the Israeli blockade's effects on Palestinians detailed the reality of life in Gaza including restricting the entry of basic goods, food and fuel. On January 28, 2014, the daily Haaretz ran an article entitled "In Gaza, water - and time - are running ou t; Experts say Gaza water shortage likely to bring about illness." The situation has only exacerbated.
Yet, in spite of the evidence, the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, ignoring all other atrocities, calls an attack on a UN school that killed innocent civilians "outrageous". Perhaps he ought to be reminded of, and heed his predecessor, Kofi Annan, who acknowledged responsibility for not having done more to prevent or stop the Rwanda genocide. In his July 2004 address to the Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Annan said:
"If we are serious about preventing or stopping genocide in future, we must not be held back by legalistic arguments about whether a particular atrocity meets the definition of genocide or not. By the time we are certain, it may often be too late to act. We must recognize the signs of approaching or possible genocide, so that we can act in time to avert it."
Ban ki-Moon must have missed the speech and the memo; although in July 2012, he did appoint Adam Dieng of Senegal as his Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide -- only to refrain from the "G" word it would seem.
The American government is not alone in its complicity in genocide or in its incitement. Mainstream media networks and commentators who paint a picture of an Israel "self-defense" to give room to the continued genocide are complicit and must be punished. But in the opinion of this writer, the vilest partners in this crime are the Egyptian and Saudi leaders committing fratricide.
Egypt's military coup leader and the illegitimate president of Egypt, al-Sisi, whom the Israel ambassador called a 'hero for all Jews', has trapped the Gazans so that Israel can eliminate them all. Genocide will prove to be lucrative business for the Egyptians. Piping Israeli gas (stolen from Gaza) to liquefaction plants in Egypt to be converted into LNG and exported across the world.
[SIDE BAR: In 2009, David Wurmser writing for the Jewish policy center opined "Israel and its neighbor now sit atop roughly two years' worth of European consumption". He further suggests "even modest amounts of Israeli gas exports can carry significant strategic leverage". Citing Europe's gas vulnerability, Wurmser wrote "Europe's grim reality could represent a unique window of opportunity for Israel to nail down long-term agreements and align export policy with a broader effort to reset Israeli-European relations."
The MH 17 was brought down four hours after Israel's ground invasion of Gaza. Europeans reluctant to enforce further sanctions on Russia was no longer so reluctant. END SIDE BAR.]
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