TOPSHOT - A fireball erupts during Israeli bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave on October 8. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
“The issue is not whether there is Israel or no Israel ,it is our duty to create Israel in order to protect the interests of the United States ” Joe Biden.
The War on GAZA,has no doubt ,exposed the hypocracy the world has been living with over the years, in the name of United Nations and International Humanrights. The unyielding support for the senseless and large scale killings of the oppressed by Israeli forces also shows that the world is not only advancing in technology but in acts of criminality.
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT – A man carries a crying child as he walks in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on October 7, 2023. Palestinian militants have begun a “war” against Israel which they infiltrated by air, sea and land from the blockaded Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
Looking at the infamous position of the US President and juxtaposing it with the Israeli barbarism,the western powers may have lost the moral rights to talk about global peace, human rights and humanity. The simple message here is that Israel or any other US ally could kill as many innocent people as possible, so long that would gurantee American ‘interests”.
In less than two weeks, a total of 9,025 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah drawn from sources in the Hamas-controlled enclave.Also more than 22,000 others have been injured with hundreds of thousands still facing the worst humanitarian crises ever .
Bodies continued to pile up as Hospitals in Gaza are also struggling to treat severely injured patients due to a lack of medical supplies and dire conditions, according to aid workers.
An American journalist covering the war said no fewer than 4000 children have been killed in the last yen days in Gaza,with thousands more facing humanitarian crisis.
It is now clear to all that the so called union of “VALUES” is a scam. The humanity in US and its allies ,is long dead and has been given indecent burial. It is unthinkable that the US which prides herself as the World Police and World’s No1 Human rights Advocate could go so low by giving thorough and unyielding permission to the terror State of Israel to annihilate the innocent Palestinians.
Sad enough, we are living in a wotld where the “Peace Makers” now kill more innocent people than the so- called terrorists. Our civilisation has taken us to the point where we spent more on what will destroy the world than what will bring global peace.
The western media which admitted that there was an occupation of the Palestinian territory by Israeli forces still found it convenient to tag the oppressed as terrorists who do not deserve descent life or must be wiped out of the planet earth.
I must salute the courage of some notable world leaders ,who, in spite of this sickening situation still raised their voices to condemn the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza. Among them were two former Presidents of the US ,Barrack Obama and Jimmy Carter.
Obama has this to say on Palestinians in his recent historic speech ” Put yourselves in their(Palestinians) shoes. Look at the world through their eyes.It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in the state of their own .Living their entire lives in the presence foreign army who controls their movements, not just of the children but their parents and gfest grand parents every single day. It is not just that every act of violence and oppression against Palestinians will go unpunished “
Courageous Gideon Levy is one of Israel’s most famous journalists. He is also one of its most hated. Levy is not criticising Israel. He is portraying it as the devil .
He has been shot at by Israeli soldiers, threatened with being “beaten to a pulp” by fellow Israelis and branded a “security risk” by Israeli politicians. All of this because Gideon Levy has done something very few other Israelis have dared to do: for three decades, he has travelled to the Occupied Palestinian Territories to report what he sees on the ground.
US CONGRESS WOMAN Ilhan Omar,also speaks her mind on atrocities committed in Gaza.
She an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to Congress,
She accused the American Congress of double standard ” How can you condemn one atrocity and look away on the other.You watch as bodies pile up and neighborhood are levelled .Israel has dropped more bombs on Gaza in the last ten days than what was dropped in Afghanistan in a while year .If 535 congress members could come together in one full breath and condemned the horrors which the Isrselis experienced . Where is our humanity?
Israel and the US have adopted a wrong war strategy by assuming that wiping out the people whose land and properties were forcefully taken would guarantee their peace and safety . Whoever wants to live in peace should not destroy another man’s house .Let it be stated here that no sane mind will approve of killings of innocent souls for whatever reason and I am sure the Israeli knew those there were dealing with and whatever atrocities committed by the Isrseli forces in Gaza is a loan.
Ironically ,the Israeli murderers are called commandos while Arab commandos are called terrorists.
Meanwhile World No. 7 Ons Jabeur said she would donate part of her WTA Finals prize money to help Palestinians, in a tearful speech on Wednesday.
The Tunisian made the pledge during an emotional on-court interview after beating Markéta Vondroušová 6-4 6-3 in Cancun, Mexico.
“The situation in the world doesn’t make me happy,” Jabeur said, fighting back tears as she spoke to the crowd.
“It’s very tough seeing children, babies dying every day. It’s heartbreaking, so I have decided to donate part of my prize money to help the Palestinians.”
‘Just humanity .I cannot be happy with just this win, with what’s happening. I’m sorry guys, it’s supposed to be about tennis, but it’s very frustrating looking at videos every day,” Jabeur added.
“It is not a political message, it’s just humanity,” said Jabeur. “That’s it. I want peace in this world. That’s it.”
Jabeur isn’t the only Arab athlete to have offered financial aid to help Palestinians. Last month, the Egyptian Red Crescent, a charity that provides medical services and humanitarian aid, confirmed that Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mo Salah had made a donation to help its relief efforts in Gaza.
In 2021, Jabeur became the first Arab woman to win a WTA title and, in 2022, she became the first Arab or North African woman to reach the semifinals and then finals of a grand slam.
Jabeur says it’s been hard watching videos of the conflict on social media.
By winning her first group match at this year’s WTA Finals, Jabeur will receive at least $198,000 in prize money. It’s unclear how much she intends to donate.
“I try to stay off social media as much as I can, but it’s very tough,” Jabeur told reporters later in a press conference. “You go through videos, photos, they’re horrible, horrible photos every day.
“It doesn’t help me sleep or recover very well and the worst thing is I feel hopeless. I feel like I cannot do anything. I wish I can have a magic hand and just end all this and just peace for everybody.”
The win also boosted the 29-year-old’s hopes of progressing to the semifinals. Jabeur must now beat four-time grand slam champion Iga Świątek to stand any chance of qualification to the next round.
Popoola ,is a journalist and public affairs commentator.
