I've
transitioned from continual weeping to white-hot anger.
45
Palestinians in Gaza - DEAD
100s
injured
I'd like
to list the names of all the innocent Palestinians murdered in Gaza in the last
three days, but it may seem a little macabre for some. It could also cause the
exact opposite effect I wish to make - that is put a human face to the numbers
- as the names are foreign and not easily digestible to the West.
Suffice
to say, many of the slain are infants, children, women (one who was pregnant)
and elderly. All were innocent. And, none were human shields. These two words
are so repulsive to me, they physically make me sick. Let me try to paint a
picture for you:
Facts
about Gaza
Population 1.7 million (48% under 14). Land total 360km squared.
Many of the dead were in their homes or in 'safe areas'.
While this is NOT a numbers game, there are reports of 3 killed Israelis. I mourn EVERY life lost.
Let me leave you with the words of one MUCH greater than me, Noam Chomsky
“When Israelis in the occupied
territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending
themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against
the population they are crushing. You can't defend yourself when you're
militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you
like, it's not defense.”
"Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb
densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to
attack a population that has no air force, no air defense, no navy, no heavy
weapons, no artillery units, no mechanized armor, no command in control, no
army… and calls it a war. It is not a war, it is murder.
Is there justice in this world while the Powers That Be turn a blind-eye
AND empower the aggressor by doing so?
I think not
