20 things you probably don’t know about the Gaza war

According to the Fars News Agency International Group, “David Swanson”, an American anti-war writer and activist, in a note he recently published on the worldbeyondwar website, presented 20 key points about the nature and Various aspects of the Gaza war have been discussed. In this strategic report, the author raises these points:

1. The war in Gaza is an American war with the preferred model of the American government

The war in Gaza is an ideal war for the American government and American arms dealers, which the American government has little control over. does not have over them. In fact, this war is a war in which American weapons are used by Israel; But the developments in the battlefield are carried out by non-Americans.

The war in Ukraine, the war of Saudi Arabia against Yemen and the current war in Gaza are among the wars in which The lives of American forces are threatened in a limited way; However, these wars significantly strengthen the American oligarchs economically. Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Iran-Iraq war, Mexico’s war against drug cartels, World War II and many other such wars, we have also seen that the parties, American weapons in have had the authority.

The propaganda advantage of not using the American military is to avoid massive casualties for the American forces, however, there are also challenges in We are in this field for America; Because when people in America take a stand against a war in which very few American troops are present, it means that they see no need or logic to continue it and basically they see no need to defend the people who have already been killed. .

2. The war in Gaza is a war against the rule of law and not for it

In the past month, the objections of the American government caused the rejection of a resolution by The United Nations has decided to establish a ceasefire regarding the Gaza war and stop the killing of Palestinians in the framework of this war. In the past years, America has vetoed 46 resolutions, all of which were against Israel. and against the Palestinians and the need to establish peace. The President of the United States may speak of a rule-based world order, yet he leads the world’s leading veto abuser.

A government that arms dealers In it, they go wild and violate human rights and disarmament agreements in a gross way, and of course, Washington is one of the main opponents of international courts. Israel is killing with American weapons and of course it has the support of America in its legal prosecution.

Not so long ago, “Volodymyr Ukrainian President Zelensky said that the United Nations should remove the right of veto. Although he has largely focused on Russia’s veto, I expect that the arms dealers in Washington would have quickly explained to him why he should remain silent and continue to treat the Ukrainians as fodder. keep the ball.

The war in Gaza is widely seen as an action and a global police war against what Hamas called a crime. It can be introduced. However, this war of bombing innocent people is considered a violation of the law and not a violation of its implementation. Claiming that during the October 7th operation, Israel actually experienced something similar to the 9/11 incident of the Americans, in fact Israel admitted that it was not prosecuting any crime, but instead, in the commission of the crime, He behaves and acts with full freedom of action.

3. This is a war. is a genocide and most wars are actually genocide

Since October 7, the rate Israel’s casualties, both in Gaza and in Israel, are not proportionate to the casualties suffered by the Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Israeli casualties have been much higher. The speed of killing, the positions of the authorities, the presence of social media users and the holding of mass protests in all parts of the world, all have a different and extreme nature. However, it is the war in Ukraine that is irregular, not the war in Gaza. For more than a century, most wars did not take place on battlefields, or mostly killed soldiers, and mostly resembled ordinary people’s idea of ​​wars.

Generation Genocide means killing and massacre, action with deliberate intention to completely or partially destroy a national, ethnic, racial and religious group and other such groups. Most wars are actually one-sided killings of mostly civilians, and any argument that a war is not genocide must focus on rhetoric and posturing rather than action.

In the case of the Gaza war, Israel’s rhetoric is also clearly related to its goals and intentions for the genocide of the Palestinians. Bombing a nation with the argument that some of the dead are members of their government and that government has committed a crime, or that the American president has declared that the destruction of a government through killing is legitimate, has no legal basis and legitimacy. is not. Certainly, if a foreign actor tries to bomb the United States of America and destroy the Congress of this country, the American government will no longer support such arguments.

4. The war in Gaza is not separate from the history of the creation of Israel in 1948, but it is a continuation of it. Let’s face it, American students never come across the word Nakbat. It is important that Israel was created in 1948 by war and terrorism and by killing families, evicting about 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and destroying 400 villages.

Of course, knowing these issues is not so difficult. Many books, even comic books, have been published in this field. Many movies have been made about it. There are software that you can use to see the location of destroyed villages on your phone, and of course there are thousands of other similar possibilities. However, a huge industry seeks to cover this up and tells other stories and myths and warns you not to read the books mentioned and not to use the software mentioned.

5. The war in Gaza is not being conducted in a humane way and we are not witnessing such a problem

The idea that you can commit crimes and mass killings on the level And scale it up and legitimize it by sending enough food to feed a limited number of people who are still in danger of being killed, as useful as telling New Yorkers, for example, that during an attack Atomic to this city, take refuge in sheltered places.

Creating a pause to allow ethnic cleansing and planning for further attacks, to a war, human nature. does not forgive Human rights groups want the Israeli military to issue a warning before bombing any home, but they are actually advocating for something else. Whatever we call it, it is definitely not human rights.

Human rights groups calling for amendments to a bill in the US Congress to send more arms aid to Israel. and asserting that said weapons should be used legally and that some legal weapons should not be used in general, they are actually creating a false event. If it is not possible to oppose weapons and a type of war that is positioned on the path of genocide, then we must ask ourselves, what exactly should we oppose?

telling stories about beheading babies, hiding Israel’s role in opening fire on Israeli citizens, pretending The fact that the command center of Hamas is under a hospital in Gaza, etc., all of them show the lies of Israel in the midst of the Gaza war. Israel has displayed a collection of lies during the Gaza war.

However, even if these claims were true, this regime still One percent did not find legitimacy to legitimize or justify its actions centered on genocide against Palestinians. Nebid massacred innocent men, women, children and babies; Just because their government did or didn’t do something. You cannot and should not seek to tell men what government to have unless you invite them to participate equally in a coalition government.

We read a lot of content in the form of what the people said, a propaganda war centered on the issue of who is killing civilians or It doesn’t kill, we hear. However, at the same time that it seems impolite and incorrect to refer to this issue, basically killing and killing civilians is not acceptable. Not even if they voluntarily volunteered, not even if they were employed in a military center, not even if they were lovable people, and not even if they were hated and accused of committing atrocities.

Not even if they make up a significant percentage of the dead, and not even if they make up a small fraction of the casualties, as we see in most modern wars. War is a crime and horror in its own kind that always and always and always includes things. People protest against them and torture, rape, destruction of residential houses and starvation can be mentioned among them. We should also object to the killing of civilians and innocent people.

8. War and bigotry are not opposites to each other, but they should be considered as partners. It is like being anti-Semitic. At the same time, people who hate Jews or want Jews to help destroy the world and transport Christians to a magical promised land are considered non-anti-Semitic. The reason for this is that they agree with the war. However, the fact is that war is affected by religious, racist and nationalist prejudices and ideas, and the basis of these prejudices are strengthened by war.

In this It is enough to pay attention to the violence and hatred that is allowed in the United States of America against Muslims and Jews. Censoring, punishing and condemning peace advocates is just like pouring gasoline on fire. In this regard, Israel has made and continues to make significant moves with the aim of inciting war and tension.

9. The ceasefire proves that diplomacy is the way forward and delegitimizes the restart of conflicts

If you speak and stop the killing and release the prisoners Trade, then pretend that the other side only understands the language of violence so you can’t resume the insane carnage and claim you have no other options.

10. The illusion of two states is not a way forward or helpful

Not only that, there is no land left for a non-Israeli government in Palestine, and most parts are filled with rubble and destruction. It is happening, but there has been a kind of lack of coherence in the idea of ​​forming two states of Israel and Palestine in such a way that they can live peacefully side by side.

11. Extremely hot areas of the world will be free of government

Palestine is more than twice as hot as the global average and has seen a 3% decrease in rainfall in 30 It was last year and, of course, it can expect a further 30% reduction by 2100. The coastal parts of the Gaza Strip, which probably covers most parts or all of Gaza, will be flooded. The rivers in the region that flow into the sea also dry up. An issue that will be in line with the increase in temperature in the sea.

12. War is a kind of distraction, division, deviation, illusion and disaster

We all have forgotten the Ukraine war in the midst of the Gaza war. A war whose leaders also admit their lies and insist on ending it. Even more and bigger than this issue, we have forgotten the involuntary crises. In this regard, we can mention climate change and the COP28 conference. To what extent have you heard about the various projects centered on it?

Comprehensive and comprehensive efforts to address global human and environmental disasters through conservation The institution of war and the insistence on competition between governments and war instead of cooperation have faced challenges and obstacles. Now you can consider peacemaking as an illusion, while humanity cannot talk about its survival and continuity of life while the process of global warming continues.

13. Every day the continuation of the war brings the risk of a wider war and even nuclear war

Wars They cannot be controlled. An issue that is partly caused by other parties entering them. Parties such as Iran, Iraq, Yemen or Lebanon and subsequently countries that are geographically further away from the Gaza war site. It should be acknowledged that war makers and instigators of war are actually encouraging and persuading end-time scenarios.

14. Financing four wars is a sign of a decadent society as well as despair

President Joe Biden’s proposal to finance four wars to At the same time (for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the Mexican border) – of course, all of them have not yet reached the stage of pandemic war – it is a sign of how much war has become a normal phenomenon from the point of view of the American government, and basically opposition to it. It has become difficult from the Americans.

However, this issue in itself is also a sign of America’s desperation. The reason for this is that the division and divisions in the US Congress make it very difficult to finance different wars at the same time. This means that our reactions to stop the flow of arms to Israel or to the disputed areas by the US, if we had real representatives in the US Congress, would be possible.

15. We are many, they are few

Polls (which are limited in many ways) show that opposition to the continuation of the war in Ukraine and sending more weapons to this country, it is increasing and at the same time, in the case of the Gaza war, we have been facing a significant majority to end the Gaza war since the first day. In addition, a majority of the Democrats, if not all of them, want to end sending weapons to Israel.

16. Active activism has a central role

The cease-fire in the Gaza Strip was achieved due to international active activism. A subject that results from long-term organization and training. If the ceasefire is maintained or renewed, the main reason for that is active activism in the international arena. We need more nonviolent activism. Indifference towards the Gaza war should be reduced and in the midst of political developments such as elections, it should be prevented that an event like the Gaza war is forgotten.

However, we need those who oppose the war in Gaza, those who oppose the war in Ukraine, those who oppose the militarization of the borders, and those who oppose some Chinese prelude to war with China, such as a similar practice. which have been followed in the past decades in relation to Russia, feel solidarity and get closer to each other. We are stronger with each other and our understanding of the problem and crisis is stronger and more when the problem is not a particular war and is focused on the disease of war itself.

17. We need to prioritize demilitarization and nuclear disarmament

If survival is the goal, we need to make it a serious priority to stop Consider the production and sending, exchange and sale, use and storage of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons. This is not necessarily a news issue. Even a rally and march for peace is sometimes called a rally for the interests of one side of the war or, in the best case, a specific war. However, we must oppose any war and the war industry in general.

18. Governments do not try to end wars

Governments that encourage and provoke wars generally do so for this reason. , because they think that wars are politically beneficial for them. They do not think that ending wars is in their interest. They also don’t think anyone would dare take their place in the middle of a fight.

You don’t change horses in the middle of a serious race. An issue that “Cindy Sheehan” has also mentioned as an anti-war activist. However, it is the people who end wars, and even the people who end the lives of governments, and if Johnson, and Richard Nixon, and George Bush Sr., and countless other political leaders, If they were given a chance in their political strategies, they would definitely make changes in those strategies and reconsider their decisions.

19. The Monroe Doctrine should be remembered after the deaths of tens of millions of people The symbolic face will bury it. However, we need to literally bury this doctrine. A doctrine that has been associated with pride, hypocrisy and hostility for two centuries.

20. Ending the phenomenon of war is the solution

Like some historical structures such as duels, slavery and other apparently permanent structures of stability and goodness and peace War must also be abolished. The peace movement has allies and advisors in different movements who want the dismantling of the police, prisons and other problematic mechanisms and institutions. The time has come to step into a world that is beyond war.

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