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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: Israel Opens-Fire on Palestinians Gathered at Food Truck Killing 104 The majority of Palestinians in Rafah live in an area that is roughly the size of Heathrow Airport. The city is cramped and unsanitary. It is surrounded on three sides by Israeli ground forces and on the fourth side by the 20 ft high Egyptian border wall. For all practical purposes, Rafah is a prison, the only difference being that, in a prison, the inmates are fed. In Rafah, no one is fed even though there are nearly 2,000 humanitarian trucks lined up beyond the Rafah Crossing waiting to deliver food to the starving population. The humanitarian convoy is being blocked by Israeli forces that are acting on orders from top military leaders. Ostensibly, Israel is depriving the Palestinians of food to create a strong incentive for them to flee the country when the Egyptian border is breached. When that happens, the western media will characterize the exodus as a “voluntary migration”, a designation that downplays the reality of ethnic cleansing. On Thursday, Israel launched a surprise attack on Palestinians who had gathered at food trucks in Gaza City. According to numerous reports, more than 100 people were gunned down while trying to get desperately needed food. Here’s a short recap of what took place: “At about 4:30 this morning, trucks started to come through. Once we approached the aid trucks, the Israeli tanks and warplanes started firing at us as if it were a trap,” the man recounted to Quds News Network, as cited by Al Jazeera. “As the Israeli military opened fire on the aid seekers, Israeli tanks advanced and ran over many of the dead and injured bodies in the southwestern parts of Gaza City. It is a massacre, on top of the starvation threatening citizens in Gaza,” Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul said. Over 250 Palestinians were wounded in the attack, the majority of whom have been taken to al-Shifa Hospital and Kamal Adwan Hospital. “Some of the others are being rushed to the Ahli and Jordanian hospitals. The [death toll] will rise. Hospitals are no longer able to accommodate the huge number of patients because they lack fuel, let alone medicine. Hospitals have also run out of blood,” al-Goul added…. Following the attack, Jadallah al-Shafei, head of the nurses’ department at al-Shifa Hospital, told Al Jazeera the “situation cannot be described in words… It is reminiscent of the dark scenes from the Baptist Hospital four months ago where 500 people were killed in one Israeli air strike,” he said. “Since the early hours of the morning, the hospital has been flooded with dozens of dead bodies and hundreds of injured. The majority of the victims suffered gunshot wounds and shrapnel in the head and upper parts of their bodies. They were hit by direct artillery shelling, drone missiles, and gunshots. Israeli forces massacre civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, Mondoweiss The incident is just the latest in an endless series of massacres. Israeli airstrikes account for the killing of 50 or-more people a day. The victims of these attacks are civilians, they are not Hamas and Israel knows they are not Hamas. But the killing goes on regardless. Why? Why is Israel shooting blameless civilians going about their business? What strategic benefit is there to that? Plenty. The hungrier and more desperate the people are, the more likely they are to storm the border as soon as the wall has been breached. This is the only logical explanation for Israel’s behavior. They want to keep anxiety levels sky-high in order to produce the outcome they seek which is the expulsion of the entire Palestinian population. So, while it’s true that Israel’s attacks on civilians amounts to cold-blooded murder, it is cold-blooded murder with a purpose. And the purpose is the realization of the Zionist ideal of a Jewish-majority homeland from the “River to the Sea”. That majority can only be achieved by driving the Palestinians out of the country and into Egypt. Have you seen the videos of the Israelis blocking food shipments to the people in Gaza? Some of these videos contain footage of families wrapped in Israeli flags, singing and dancing while they prevent aid trucks from entering Rafah. At one checkpoint the Israelis gyrate wildly while the loudspeakers blast rock-and-roll music at full volume. At another checkpoint, flag-draped Israelis set up an inflatable “Bouncy Palace” so their children can play with their friends while their parents stop emergency food supplies from crossing the border. How do you explain this type of behavior? How do you explain the fact that seemingly normal people –who have jobs, went to college, and probably engage in the same social activities as the rest of us– are capable of such unspeakable cruelty? Are these the “good Germans” we’ve read so much about over the years? No, this is very different, after all, no one can claim that “I was just following orders.” No one ordered these people to block food shipments at the border. They are here voluntarily because they want to be here. They want to be able to tell their grandchildren that, when their army launched its attack on the Palestinians in Gaza, they made their contribution by ensuring that women and children would face an agonizing death by starvation. Once again, how do you explain this type of behavior? Many of these people have allowed themselves to interviewed, and the interviews have been widely circulated on Twitter. Surprisingly, these people are quite bold in defending themselves. What’s clear, is that they believe in what they are doing and don’t feel any remorse for their actions. It’s extraordinary. Here you have intelligent, articulate people standing in front of a camera and making the case that it is their patriotic duty to starve thousands of women and children to death. It boggles the mind. And it boggles the mind to see them cheer wildly and celebrate when they stop the food trucks that are the last lifeline to an ailing population. For these people, starvation is not an avoidable crisis or a moral dilemma. For these people, starvation is victory. Do you know what the term “sadistic” means? It means: “taking pleasure in the infliction of pain, punishment, or humiliation on others.” (Merriam-Webster) Would it be fair to call Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians ‘sadistic’? Would it be accurate to say that Israel’s assault on a civilian population goes far-beyond what ordinary people would regard as normal behavior? We’ve all seen the devastation, the ruins, and the mountain of rubble stretching miles in all directions. How do we make sense of these things? And what do they tell us about Israel? Do they tell us that Israel is trying to “defend itself”? Of course, not. Transforming Gaza into a moonscape has nothing to do with ‘self-defense’. And it doesn’t have anything to do with vengeance either. It’s all about the land; seizing the land from its indigenous owners and incorporating it into a Greater Israel. That’s what Zionism is, a messianic ideology that blinds its adherents to the suffering of others, and turns intelligent, responsible men into heartless brutes capable of unimaginable savagery. Israel’s rampage in Gaza is not the result of security concerns or the rebuilding of deterrents. No. It is the result of an idea that permeates Israeli culture and is finding expression in the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. Millions of non-Jews are being forced out of the country to preserve the racial purity of the state, the Jewish state. This is the idea that fuels the carnage; this is the dystopian ideal that has produced Gaza’s killing fields. This is from an article at the Electronic Intifada: Every single child in Gaza is facing death – either by Israeli bombardments, starvation or disease. More than one million children are living a catastrophic health emergency directly caused by Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid, according to a new report by Save the Children. In northern Gaza, which has effectively been cut off from aid deliveries by the Israeli military, one in six toddlers is acutely malnourished… “The Gaza Strip is poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths which would compound the already unbearable level of child deaths in Gaza,” warned Ted Chaiban of UNICEF last week…. Every child in Gaza faces starvation, Electronic Intifada He’s right, isn’t he? Every child is facing a death sentence because he was born an Arab in a land that has been taken from him. Had he been born Jewish; his fate would have been entirely different. Had he been born Jewish; he would not be huddled in a tent in a squalid refugee camp in Rafah waiting for the Israeli army to drive him into the desert at gunpoint. But he was not born Jewish, so he’ll either have to go where he is told or die in his present location. There is no third option. Here’s more from UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri: “The speed of malnourishment of young children is astounding. The bombing and people being killed directly is brutal, but the starvation—and the wasting and stunting of children—is torturous and vile. It will have a long-term impact on the population physically, cognitively and morally… “We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely, that is the consensus among starvation experts,” said Fakhri. “Israel is not just targeting civilians, it is trying to damn the future of the Palestinian people by harming their children.” Biden claims Gaza ceasefire in sight as Palestinians starve, World Socialist Web Site Israel has meticulously targeted food storage facilities, granaries, mills and bakeries. All the traditional sources of food production have been destroyed. There are numerous videos on the Internet showing tanks or armored vehicles crushing canned-goods or bags of flour beneath their treads. What we are seeing is the most robust and determined effort to starve a population in modern times. And it goes far-beyond the mere destruction of food production facilities and the blocking of humanitarian aid trucks. Israel is even taking aim at visa requirements in a fiendish attempt to prevent humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza at all. Here’s the story from The Guardian: Israel has stopped issuing visas for international staff of humanitarian organizations that work in occupied Palestinian territories, hampering efforts to get food and other vital supplies into Gaza. Dozens of foreign aid workers, including heads of organisations, have had to leave Israel and the Palestinian territories, or are overstaying their visas and risking deportation so they can continue working, an alliance of aid groups has warned. Emergency response teams, who have the specialist experience to deal with the multiple challenges of working in Gaza, are particularly affected… Visas are required to enter Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, but new ones have effectively been blocked by the ministry of welfare and social affairs…. There have always been ups and downs… where access was harder. But never on this scale… With no humanitarian visa renewals since the outbreak of this war, [Israel is] leaving humanitarian workers facing deportation when the Palestinian people need them most.” Humanitarian workers face deportation from Israel after freeze on visas, Guardian Is this not sinister? The food producing facilities have all been destroyed, the humanitarian aid convoys have been blocked, and now even the foreign aid workers and emergency response teams are being deported. Israel is determined to control every grain of rice that enters the Gaza Strip so they can keep a stranglehold on a population that had the audacity to be born in a land destined to become the Jewish state. On top of that, the Israeli army has started mowing down civilians who dare to approach the food trucks that provide the meagre gruel that keeps their families alive. Can it get any worse? 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#3. To: Ada (#0)
Well there you go Ada, Israel says they aint nevered.
And it hasn't been countered by video that says aren't telling the truth. Those Muslims lie about everything.
libertarianinstitute.org/...s-condemn-israel-for-aid- convoy-massacre/ So those UN observers were lying Muslims?
I definately don't trust the UN. The idea of some globalists telling us what to do is repulsive. It was the UN who it is said who helped the muslim terrorists to begin with. They never spoke up about the terrorists using the hospitals. I like Pat Buchanan's idea of get the UN out of America. No the UN is lying globalists. Where is the video. Cameras are everywhere.
FWIW, I don't hate Jews, I hate hypocrites. I know several Jewish guys I'd take a bullet for.
But I especially hate Mexicans right now due to their fondness for removing exhaust systems from their cars to engage in street racing. Taking the muffler off a four cylinder Honda doesn't make it a hot-rod, it makes it an annoying loud piece of shit.
Why would you hate all Mexicans. I went to a fine Mexican restaurant yesterday and the waiter was Mexican. He was a good waiter and the food was great. El Rancho Grande.
I drink too much sometimes and get snarky, but it's mostly to amuse rather than offend. I don't hate anyone because of their race, but I have plenty of reasons to dislike Mexicans, mostly that until a month ago there was a nest of them living next door that had taken the mufflers off of their cars (3 out of 4 cars, in fact) and would start them at all hours, seriously depriving me of sleep. They were loud, like open headers. They would also invite their God Damned stupid friends over to spend an entire afternoon revving their engines and blasting Oompaloompa music loud enough to rattle my windows. ps: That and they don't seem to understand trash bags. I have to pick up about 30 pieces of trash (plastic shopping bags, snackycake wrappers, corn chip bags, candy wrappers, etc) every three days. The side yard on the other side of my fence looks like a homeless camp.
When I worked for Ilinois State Highways, one time they wrote up this black guy for swearing on the crew. He went to his grievance hearing and told them, "They got us pissing next to trucks and behind trees like dogs. You think there ain't gonna be a little bit of swearing going on out there?" He won his grievance and got his day's pay back. LOL
I was never offended by curse words. Most of them originated as Saxon words looked down upon by the Normans after 1066, pissior being the lone standout, which I'm pretty sure is of French origin.
We were working a concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago back in the late 80s. The band switched from a fast song to a slow one. Everyone sat down but there were two people left standing. I was hollering, "Out! Out!" sine only front row were allowed in front even though it was general admission. I was walking them up the aisle and had my hand on the guy's shoulder. He said, "Why do you feel the need to touch me?" I said, 'Becasue I think you like it. And if you don't disappear into the crowd right now, I'll bend you over a chair, handcuff you to it and then eff you in the ass and leave you there so everyone can laugh at you." His eyes glazed over and his girlfriend grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away. That was the last I seen of them. I told my Supervisor what I said and he said, 'Oh, we're going to hear about that one.' But we never did. I think they just chalked it up to going to the Aragon to see a show. ;)
I never went to a concert in Chicago, but knew not to mess with CPD for any reason - like shut up and fight it in court. Most serious incident I ever had a a concert was a Deer Creek (NW Indy suburbs, pretty much out in the deep burbs). Ozzy Osborn, was leaving after the show and got sucker punched by a drunk who was trying to fight an entirely different group, but it pissed me off so I tripped him and sent him rolling down the hill. That was the last of that, lol. Even had he tried to come after me, there were like ten dudes he had already pissed off, we just walked back to my car.
#31. To: Dakmar (#30)
10 against 1 is not very good odds. Best thing for that guy to do was boogie on out of there. In my younger days in Chicago I got circled by 6 or 7 dudes. I was lucky to get out of that circle, but I gained a lot of respect from that bunch. ;)
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