Occupation forces ignore int’l law with Gaza bombing, enjoy US, UK support

 GAZA(ST)-The latest attacks by “Israel” against Gaza have been condemned as a violation of international law. However the US and UK have given their unwavering support to the new strikes on Gaza.

According to Russia Today,US President Barack Obama “reiterated US support for “Israel’s” right to self-defense” in a phone call to Netanyahu on Wednesday.

The same remarks came from UK Foreign Secretary William Hague .

Occupation forces have now reportedly hit over 200 “targets” in Gaza, killing 18 and injuring over 120 people.

 In addition to the frequent air strikes and shelling, Israeli occupation forces  have  kept Gaza under blockade since 2010 which is seen as an infringement of the right of the people in Gaza to a decent living, work, health and education.

 UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk explained that since the 1967 war, an estimated 750,000 Palestinians, including 23,000 women and 25,000 children, had gone through detention in “Israeli” jails. This constitutes approximately 20 per cent of the total Palestinian population in the occupied territory or 40 per cent of the Palestinian male population.

In 2008, “Israel” launched a 3 week offensive against Gaza, which resulted in 1,417 deaths, of them 926 civilians. Israel’s death toll was 9.

The Palestinian envoy to the UN slammed “Israeli” aggression during the meeting, decrying it as “vulgarly and publicly boasting about its willful killing of Palestinians.” Following Wednesday’s offensive that killed Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari.

 At least 15 Palestinians have been reported dead so far, among them two children, according to Palestinian authorities.

 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his concern at the situation.

M.D

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