Minggu, 10 Juni 2012

~* The Gaza Massacre: A Humanitarian Disaster *~



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After an agreement to a six-month ceasefire between between Hamas and Israel expired on December 19th, Israel launched multiple F-16 bombers into the Gaza Strip, dropping 100 tons of bombs in the first nine hours of fighting, indiscriminately massacring over 225 Palestinians and injuring over 700 others, the worst number of Palestinian casualties, and the bloodiest, since the 1967 attack in Gaza. May Allah subhaana wa ta'aala accept them all amongst the shuhadaa, aameen.

This latest violation of human rights and basic decency by the Israeli government was allegedly due to rockets fired from Gaza into the southern border of Israel, although Hamas contends Israel had been violating the conditions of the ceasefire by closing off checkpoints and murdering 28 Palestinians.
There remains, however, speculation about the motives provided by the current Israeli regime. Within a month's time, Israel will be holding parlimentary elections and thus far, Ehud Olmert's government has received poor marks from the Israeli public for their handling of Hamas-controlled Gaza. It is believed this disproportionately senseless attack was meant to beef up Olmert's party's street cred with those holding more hawkish views, pulling them away from opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu.

There is further speculation that President-elect Obama supports the Palestinians and this will most likely be the last time it receives unconditional support from the United States through the Bush Administration.
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, lending credence to this theory, has already stated, “We strongly condemn the repeated rocket and mortar attacks against Israel and hold Hamas responsible for breaking the cease-fire and for the renewal of violence there. The cease-fire must be restored immediately and fully respected,” referring to rocket attacks which killed one Israeli civilian.

The most plausible theory, however, is that reported by the Haaretz, which states Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has been planning this operation, known as Operation Cast Lead, into the Gaza strip well over six months. Those six months of relative peace were used by the IDF for information gathering, in order to understand Hamas's security infrastructure completely and destroy it when ready.

That time came when IDF forces carried out attacks in Gaza just over a month ago (during the ceasefire) to take out a tunnel which the army alleged was meant for use as attacking IDF troops. This was met by retaliation from Hamas and has this has now escalated to where the issue stands today.
The rest of the world, including the UN (minus the hawkish neo-conservative executive branch of the US government) has condemned Israel's disproportionate aggression against the Palestinian people and called for a ceasefire. Israel has made it clear that no ceasefires will be negotiated, and it is gearing up to continue its attacks on Gaza and they will not be ended any time soon. Israeli troops are already amassing tanks and infantry at the border in preparation.

Humanitarian Disaster 

4243.jpg“There are heads without bodies …. There's blood in the corridors. People are weeping, women are crying, doctors are shouting, ” said nurse Ahmed Abdel Salaam from Shifa Hospital, Gaza's main treatment center.
The death toll is expected to rise further, with bodies still lying buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings. Hospitals, already suffering from shortages due to an 18-month blockade on the Gaza Strip, said they were struggling to cope with the number of injured, which included women and children.
Gaza is densely populated. Its 1.5 million residents are already experiencing shortages in power and basic supplies due to the siege which is widely condemned by human rights movements as a collective punishment.

MuslimMatters Statement on the Gaza Massacre

The Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam has taught us that if we can stop the evil we encounter with our hands, then we should do so, and if not the hand, then by the tongue, and if that's not possible, then to at least hate it in our hearts.
Today, we have the platform by which we can express ourselves through the medium of writing and have this reach a wide audience. Thus, we say to you, we stand united with our brothers and sisters in Gaza, and we not only condemn, no, but we curse Olmert, Ehud Barak, and all others involved in this blood bath committed against the people of Gaza. There is no justification by which one group can purport to murder over 225 lives and seriously injure over 700 in retaliation for the loss of one life.
To our brothers and sisters in Islam, we remind you that though your ability to act is limited, your ability to make du'aa remains. Make du'aa to ease the struggles and difficulties, the trials our brothers and sisters of Gaza are going through. Let us also make du'aa against the criminals who committed these evils and that this difficulty and seemingly poor situation, will turn itself into a decisive victory, as was the case with the treaty of hudaybiyyah.