It has been a tumultuous week that has passed. Ever since seeing the soul-crushing news of 61 (SIXTY ONE) Palestinians murdered as they were protesting their rights to be free from the open-air prison of Gaza, I've been sick to my stomach and heartbroken. The blood of my brothers and sisters spilt over the sands of the Gaza Strip ran aplenty as if it were cheap. Men, women, children, journalists, and medical personnel were slaughtered in cold blood with live ammunition from guns fired by Israeli terrorist soldiers hundreds of yards away overlooking the "border".
What did the shameful Western media do about it? CNN claims "dozens die at the border". The NYT published multiple sham propaganda attempts disguised as "opinion pieces" blaming the Palestinians for their deaths, even going as far as to dehumanize them and negate their suffering. Even the BBC had the gall to call them "clashes". "Clashes"?! It was a massacre! Murder in cold blood! Disgracefully, other stories were instead posted on the front page that don't deserve mention in this post (see for yourself, if you're so inclined) because doing so would lessen the significance of this issue. The Western MSM continues to this day to vilify the Palestinians in any way shape or form. Pukes and vituperators the likes of Thomas Friedman and Shmuel Rosner spout lies and racist talking points to sell papers and minimize Palestinian humanity and suffering.
Through the media, spokespeople, and politicians it has bought with its influence and coin, Israel has shown on multiple occasions its true face: an occupying power that does not seek peace with the occupied. Its supporters have displayed time and time again their true colors as well: vile racism, vituperation, religious extremism based on erroneously interpreted religious texts, and flat-out nationalism, supremacism, and fascism. Much have called the Palestinians "terrorists", "radicals", and "extremists". Much have dehumanized even the children to the point that their lives are made worthless in the face of Israeli bullets, bombs, grenades, and missiles.
Even worse, the propaganda line that "Hamas soldiers were killed" is not only odiously repetitious, but also plainly false. The interviewee on Palestine Television asked a hypothetical if 50 of the protestors were from Hamas, not stating whether they were from Hamas. Moreover, Yahya Sinwar, one of Hamas's top leaders, stated that the people, not Hamas, gave up armed struggle and in its stead chose peaceful protest. But let's just say that this propaganda point is true: what gives Israel, an occupying power, the right to gun down political opponents? What right does it give them to kill journalists, paramedics, and children? None.
Through the media, spokespeople, and politicians it has bought with its influence and coin, Israel has shown on multiple occasions its true face: an occupying power that does not seek peace with the occupied. Its supporters have displayed time and time again their true colors as well: vile racism, vituperation, religious extremism based on erroneously interpreted religious texts, and flat-out nationalism, supremacism, and fascism. Much have called the Palestinians "terrorists", "radicals", and "extremists". Much have dehumanized even the children to the point that their lives are made worthless in the face of Israeli bullets, bombs, grenades, and missiles.
Even worse, the propaganda line that "Hamas soldiers were killed" is not only odiously repetitious, but also plainly false. The interviewee on Palestine Television asked a hypothetical if 50 of the protestors were from Hamas, not stating whether they were from Hamas. Moreover, Yahya Sinwar, one of Hamas's top leaders, stated that the people, not Hamas, gave up armed struggle and in its stead chose peaceful protest. But let's just say that this propaganda point is true: what gives Israel, an occupying power, the right to gun down political opponents? What right does it give them to kill journalists, paramedics, and children? None.
Now, what needs to be said about this? I think there is something on the minds of many people around the world who have condemned time and time again Israel's atrocities against the Palestinian people as well as its policies of wanton destruction based on hate, racism, and apartheid. Is it that "Israel is an apartheid state"? Or... "Israel is a fascist state"? Those words are not enough to convey the truth about the horrors of occupation and genocide. They don't illustrate the dire importance of opposing this longstanding crime against humanity, a crime sanctioned by the hypocritical American imperialist exceptionalism and the puppet leaders who follow suit. No. This is what needs to be said.
Israel is a fascist, apartheid state.
Why? Because, from a historical perspective, the fascists lost. The apartheid supporters lost. And they will, in the face of the brave Palestinian populace. Palestine will be free.
ا الذي يجب قوله عن مذبحة غزة؟
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