To whoever chooses to overlook this because another Gaza/Palestine-related facebook post on a Thursday night is the last thing youd want to read.... Well, please please dont. Even if you think you cant do much, read this. I beg you to read it. On August 26, the World decided to bow to the gracious and amicable state of israel after a ceasefire brought an end to -an extension of- the war in Gaza. The war which was supposedly prompted by the (false) allegations against Hamas (which included the kidnapping of the 3 israeli teens) and resulted in the ruthless murder of over 2,150 Palestinians (80% mothers and children) in just a little over a month. Since then, Hamas has NOT kidnapped any israeli civilians, has NOT fired a single rocket, has NOT attacked any israeli target, and has NOT broken any ceasefire terms. But since then, israel has not stopped. Annexing land, randomly attacking civilians, detaining children, torturing prisoners, breaking the ceasefire agreement, destroying resources and the list persists. Since then, Americas only friend in the Middle East, has managed to accomplish the collective of what Hamas was initially accused of this June, and generously achieved the following: - Annexed another 1500 acres of West Bank land - Seized $56 million of PA tax revenue - NOT lifted the illegal blockade (as required by the ceasefire) - Broken the ceasefire by firing at fishermen on four separate occasions and detaining six - Killed 22-year-old Issa al Qatari, just a week before his wedding - Killed 16-year-old Mohammed Sinokrot with a rubber bullet to the head - illegaly tortured prisoners to the point of hospitalization - Refused 13 members of the European Parliament entry into Gaza - Detained at least 127 people across the West Bank, including a seven-year-old boy in Hebron and two children, aged seven and eight, taken from the courtyard of their house in Silwan – and tear-gassed their mother - Continued to hold 33 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in prison as well as 500 prisoners in administrative detention without charge or trial - Destroyed Bedouin homes in Khan al Ahmar, near Jerusalem, leaving 14 people homeless, and unveiled a plan to forcibly move thousands of Bedouin away from Jerusalem into two purpose-built townships - Destroyed a dairy factory in Hebron whose profits supported an orphanage, a family home in Silwan (making five children homeless), and a house in Jerusalem where aid supplies en route to Gaza were being stored - Destroyed a well and set fire to an olive grove near Hebron - Raided a health centre and a nursery school in Nablus, causing extensive damage - Destroyed a swathe of farmland in Rafah by driving tanks over it - Ordered the dismantling of a small monument in Jerusalem to Mohamed Abu Khdeir, the teenager murdered in July by an Israeli lynch mob - Continued building a vast tunnel network under Jerusalem - Stormed the al Aqsa mosque compound with a group of far right settlers - Assisted hundreds of settlers in storming Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus - Prevented students from entering al Quds University, firing stun grenades and rubber bullets at those who tried to go in - Earned unknown millions on reconstruction materials for Gaza, where 100,000 people need their destroyed homes rebuilt. The total bill is estimated at $7.8 billion * facts were sourced from a list compiled by a blogger at the London Review of Books.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:09:22 +0000
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