Mondoweiss: The international community is responsible for Israel’s crimes in Gaza

Washington (ST) – For decades, Western governments attempted to “manage the conflict”, according to Mondoweiss website, they sat idly as Israel systematically destroyed the “two-state solution” and continued to violently oppress the Palestinian people. Now more than ever, it is evident that empty statements of condemnation and “concern” did not and will not stop Israeli war crimes.

This Western-led international community has shown us that it can indeed protect the global rule of law when standing up to Russia in Ukraine. It suddenly found the political will and mustered the courage to stand up for international law, rapidly mobilizing collectively with various political and economic sanctions.

The website stressed that the Western forces are calling on “Al-Aqsa Flood Operation” an “unprovoked” attack while the real provocation is 75 years of ethnic cleansing, settler-colonialism, apartheid, displacement and replacement, 56 years of brutal military occupation and both de jure and de facto annexation, and 16 years of suffocating siege on Gaza.

On a daily basis, Palestinians are being expelled from their land, their homes and schools are being demolished, and state-sanctioned settlers are terrorizing us, the website added. All of this was not enough to grab enough attention and mobilize the international community. The status quo was convenient as long as only the Palestinians were suffering.

The site concluded that all the hypocritical diplomats and politicians who have long talked about the necessity of reaching a settlement and peace are the ones who are now demanding the complete destruction of Gaza and are demanding that the Palestinians be the ideal victim who suffers without daring to scream out of its pain.

Najla Khoury