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[HumanRights] Wanton destruction and more actions

By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh  Posted by Peter Barus (about the submitter)   1 comment, In Series: Reports from Palestine
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The rich history of genocides does not show us combination like the one we have today:

  1. Overwhelming evidence of intent broadcast and available to everyone on instant communication devices (phones, tablets, computer) and based on a messianic model of chosenness linking to biblical mythologies of conquest of Canaan, wiping out other nations etc.
  2. Wanton destruction of people and their livelihood. Destroying all their means of livelihood denying them food, medicine, water, fuel etc. Man made famine of this scale and meanness never happened before. Added to direct bombing of civilians, hundreds die daily and so far 1 in 20 people in Gaza is killed or injured.
  3. Wanton destruction of property to make life unlivable even after the genocide stops. 70% of all building are destroyed so far: homes hosopitals, mosques, churches, civil defence, police buildings, water facilities, trees, etc.
  4. Wanton attack and destruction of humanitarian aid organizations and their facilities(e.g. the UN agencies).
  5. Never in history do we see such division between the wishes of hundreds of million of people stand to support human rights but at odds with subservient governments that are blackmailed or bribed to support genocide.
  6. And the US again was the sole vote against a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire (the third time in a row to prevent an end to the genocide). The UN should be changed to prevent such imperialist countries from having veto power on other countries. The US continues also to fund and arm the genocide.
  7. Today, a group of German lawyers - representing Gaza families- is filing a criminal complaint against German Government officials, for the crime of aiding and abetting genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza by providing Israel with weapons and issuing related export permissions. They are supported by civil society organisations ELSC (European Legal Support Center), PIPD (Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy) and Law for Palestine under the Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative. The charges are being filed at the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe ('Generalbundesanwaltschaft').

This mass destruction is part and parcel of colonization as happened in other areas of the world like North America and Australia but in those other areas we were talking about people spread over huge areas (continents). Here it is a tiny area in which natives are squeezed. Gaza is 2.3 million people (most refugees) squeezed in an area of 360 square kilometers. And while major cities globally have similar or higher densities, cities are parts of countries with natural resources and integrated economies. The Gaza strip is a closed concentration camp and has been like this for decades. Same for other ghettos/people warehouses in the West Bank.

Israel engineering deep pockets of starvation in Gaza click here eating grass and weeds to survive tu.be/C0ZsBzNeYfM

Beaten, stripped and used as human shield one of the tens of thouands of horror stories click here

What happened to 6 year old Hind Rajab click here

Pure Evil: Dr. Mads Gilbert on Israel's targeting of hospitals .youtube.com/watch?v=jLDnZ1OYR9w

"Silence in the face of Evil is itself evil" Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident (1906-1946) Israeli forces continue their genocide

"What the herd hates the most is the one who thinks differently. It is not so much the opinion itself, as the audacity of wanting to think for themselves. Something they do not know how to do." Schopenhauer

Brazilian president puts to shame other subservient leaders (including arab) by speaking the truth .youtube.com/watch?v=mMbeDxlnFlk

Biden's legacy is genocide, let it not be ours click here

What Israelis think: Kill more civilians e.com/6333781/israel-hamas-poll-palestine/

The new case before iCJ (separate from the case of genocide) is the case of apartheid click here

Lowkey EXPOSES Israel's Secret Role in Britain .youtube.com/watch?v=pDuIVcWH2-U

Committee to Protect Journalists on the targetting of Journalists click here

Israel flattens Al-Farouki mosque and several buildings click here

Pediatric doctor tortured by Israel for 45 days tu.be/EVURvIaRjq4 This is the symptom of colonization

Apartheid and racism .facebook.com/reel/578434957771508

New Labour MK is married to Israel spy recruiter and served in the genocidal army click here

How is Israel's arms industry profiting from war on Gaza click here

Former Mossad official: Children over 4 deserve to be starved click here

Amos Trust rebuilding homes. Israeli occupation demolished more houses in the West Bank last four months than in the 20 months before that so it is not just in Gaza!!! .amostrust.org/amos-travel/rebuilding-hope-2024/

On March 2, millions across the world will march for Gaza! The conditions in Gaza are increasingly dire & Israel continues its onslaught on 2+ million Palestinians. ACT NOW: everyone must be on the streets March 2! If you wish to "endorse/participate" in the event contact Palestinian Youth Movement or ShutItDown4Palestine.org

Stay Human and keep Palestine alive,

Mazin Qumsiyeh

A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director Palestine Museum of Natural History Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability Bethlehem University Occupied Palestine siyeh.org estinenature.org facebook pages Personal .facebook.com/mazin.qumsiyeh.9

Institute .facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH

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