The reality is that Palestine, however much it might want to be, is not a country. It doesn't have an army. In reality, they're all civilians held captive by Israel in conditions that are a direct violation of the rules of war.
Oh, they called it a state. It's a state without any control over its borders, without an independent government, an independent judiciary, and with no control over who is in their country. This is all a part of an effort by some countries to force the US and Israel to bring some fairness and honesty to the Palestinians whose land they stole. Unfortunately, neither the US nor Israel are fair or honest and have no intention of changing their evil ways. I view it as a disgusting kabuki play.
Ah, then I agree with you. I don't think Spain and Norway are taking a cynical approach, but it only *is* what it is *allowed* by the US, Israel and Egypt to be.
And I'm glad you put it the way you did. Let's be honest: Israel and (by extension or by assistance from) the US and Egypt - likely the UK as well - can prevent Palestinians/Gazans from fishing to whatever degree of strictness they want. They can prevent weapons or any other items/materials from entering the area of Gaza. Yet somehow Hamas (who anyone that has researched this beyond what the average 8th grade level western news consumer has already knows) is allowed to arm up by Israel despite one of the most comprehensive and sophisticated surveillance and entry/access protocols anywhere in the world. No army, of course, is allowed. No actual police force either. No construction materials outside of a very stringently controlled system. Yet Hamas can somehow procure enough standard arms to maintain a military standoff with the IDF for going on 7 months now. Yeah, something's off about that scenario.
There must be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Pope Francis has said what is needed, now he must do what is needed by going to Gaza and standing for peace, justice and freedom.
The reality is that Palestine, however much it might want to be, is not a country. It doesn't have an army. In reality, they're all civilians held captive by Israel in conditions that are a direct violation of the rules of war.
What did Norway and Spain call it when they recently recognized it, anyway? A "state"?
Oh, they called it a state. It's a state without any control over its borders, without an independent government, an independent judiciary, and with no control over who is in their country. This is all a part of an effort by some countries to force the US and Israel to bring some fairness and honesty to the Palestinians whose land they stole. Unfortunately, neither the US nor Israel are fair or honest and have no intention of changing their evil ways. I view it as a disgusting kabuki play.
Ah, then I agree with you. I don't think Spain and Norway are taking a cynical approach, but it only *is* what it is *allowed* by the US, Israel and Egypt to be.
And I'm glad you put it the way you did. Let's be honest: Israel and (by extension or by assistance from) the US and Egypt - likely the UK as well - can prevent Palestinians/Gazans from fishing to whatever degree of strictness they want. They can prevent weapons or any other items/materials from entering the area of Gaza. Yet somehow Hamas (who anyone that has researched this beyond what the average 8th grade level western news consumer has already knows) is allowed to arm up by Israel despite one of the most comprehensive and sophisticated surveillance and entry/access protocols anywhere in the world. No army, of course, is allowed. No actual police force either. No construction materials outside of a very stringently controlled system. Yet Hamas can somehow procure enough standard arms to maintain a military standoff with the IDF for going on 7 months now. Yeah, something's off about that scenario.
The sinking peir that never really succeeded in the first place is almost too on the nose as a metaphor for the Biden Administration policy in Gaza.
On the bright side, my Floating Aid Pier Repair small business just won a huge new contract!
There must be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Pope Francis has said what is needed, now he must do what is needed by going to Gaza and standing for peace, justice and freedom.
Please sign the petition and share widely.
https://chng.it/CRQ7qw4Gzn
Code pink
https://www.codepink.org/cnngaza?utm_campaign=12_15_pali_update_alert_3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
Let us also support UNRWA. If our governments won’t act in accordance with humanity, then we will. https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
Also we can all support the brave doctors who have gone to Gaza: https://palestinian-ama.networkforgood.com/projects/206145-gaza-medical-supplies-oct-2023
Let us make our donations to honor Aaron Bushnell, or in memory of Hind Rajab.
Here’s a new petition to excommunicate Joe Biden: https://www.change.org/p/excommunicate-president-joe-biden-bf979783-ac08-4576-a53f-c786ea23dc9c
These are a few small things we can do. If we can do more, let us do more.
The journalism I’ve been craving
Not that I bother with them much, but have any of the major news outlets even covered this disaster ? I haven't seen a thing about it.