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| 2023-10-14 | |||||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Semenov [REGNUM] The UN said a directive was received from Israeli authorities on Thursday evening requiring more than 1 million residents of the Gaza Strip to move to its southern areas. “The United Nations considers it impossible for such a displacement to occur without devastating humanitarian consequences,” said Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a statement. According to him, the UN urges that the order be lifted to avoid the tragedy “turning into a catastrophic situation.” Dujarric clarified that the Israeli military's order also applies to all UN employees and those sheltering at UN facilities, including schools and medical centers. It is obvious that Israel intends to finally resolve the “Palestinian issue” in the Gaza Strip. Regardless of whether the IDF conducts a ground operation in Gaza or not, the massive bombing campaign, leveling entire neighborhoods of the city along with its inhabitants, will continue. The current ultimatum is aimed at moving the Palestinian population to the border with Egypt, and after the northern part of Gaza turns into ruins beyond restoration, a similar fate most likely awaits the south of the Palestinian enclave.
The genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the destruction of entire residential areas by Israeli aircraft in order to push the remaining Palestinians into the Sinai in the West were considered an “adequate response”, which reflects the true essence of the “civilized world”, the basis of which ideology is still the principles of racial superiority and neocolonialism, only veiled in various ways. At the same time, Palestinian groups from Gaza in the current round of confrontation have committed numerous war crimes, primarily massacres of civilians, including women and minors, for which there is and cannot be any justification, and any explanations on the part of these forces also cannot be accepted . WHY DID HAMAS ATTACK ISRAEL? As Edward Said, an American intellectual of Palestinian origin,
However, there is still no clear answer to what provoked Hamas to carry out such a suicide attack, given Israel's known military capabilities and the obvious response on its part, the scale and direction of which was beyond doubt. But it is also clear that the Hamas leadership understood that the Israeli solution to the “Palestinian problem” had reached the red line that would be followed by the gradual abolition of Palestinian enclaves, whether in the West Bank or Gaza. The signal to action for Hamas appears to have been Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that Palestinians have "no say" on Saudi-Israeli normalization. But, it seems, this was only the tip of the iceberg and the Palestinians were deprived of a voice on all issues related to their future, and behind their back certain agreements had already been reached that placed the solution to their problem entirely in the hands of the Israeli leadership. At least Hamas leaders might have known this. Therefore, in order to “turn the board” and try to change the emerging negative situation for the Palestinians, Hamas decided on a similar adventure at first glance. Which, however, could attract the attention of the Arab world and left a chance, if not for the intervention of certain states in the conflict, then at least could force them to reconsider relations with Israel. THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE: “ONE STEP BACK, TWO STEPS FORWARD” Let us recall that Israel consistently moved towards a solution to the “Palestinian question”, the end result of which was to be the final marginalization and then the gradual liquidation of the Palestinian Authority. To achieve this, Tel Aviv used a “one step back, two steps forward” strategy, when any actions that could be perceived as compromises towards the Palestinians actually only aggravated their situation, allowing the Israelis to move even further towards resolving the “Palestinian issue” . Actually, the so-called Oslo II agreements, signed in 1995, essentially made it possible to remove the issue of creating a Palestinian state from the agenda instead of creating one. Now not all countries remember the Palestinian state, and if they do, it is at the level of empty declarations, and in the West they no longer see the need for such a thing. But at the same time, the Oslo II agreement actually split the Palestinian resistance, forcing many groups to abandon the fight. Those who continued this fight were condemned not only by Israel, but also by its Western allies as terrorists. To which, in fact, Hamas was classified. At the same time, Hamas should not be considered as an “Islamist” force hostile to Russia, as many media have already tried to present it. The group refused to support Ichkeria, advocating the territorial integrity of Russia. And after February 2022, it supported the Russian Northern Military District in Ukraine. In turn, Tel Aviv gradually intensified its efforts to push the Palestinians out of Israeli territory. Such “steps back”, such as quotas for jobs or providing Palestinians with electricity and fuel, were only compensation (and very small ones at that) for the lack of any conditions for the Palestinians themselves to create the industries they needed and conduct economic activities with given their complete economic blockade by Israel. For example, Gaza is deprived of a port and the ability to receive and send cargo through it, although it has access to the sea and even gas fields on the shelf. Just as in the West Bank there are no Palestinian airports or other logistics centers that would allow the Palestinians to create their own economy, making the Palestinian enclaves completely dependent on Israel and the will of Tel Aviv. Palestinians have no jobs and even have trouble moving between enclaves blockaded by Israel or obtaining a passport. THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS Thus, the Palestinian Authority has not solved a single problem facing the Palestinians, but only helped Israel speed up the solution to the “Palestinian issue.” Finally, the “Abraham Accords” (a series of agreements on the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab states, signed in 2020–2021 - Ed.), authored by the American administration, were finally supposed to deprive the Palestinians of support from other Arab states. In the end, the Palestinians once again turned out to be the losing side, and all the “steps back” came down to the alleged promises of the Israeli leadership not to build settlements in Palestinian territories. As it turned out later, this was only a temporary moratorium and the construction of settlements was to resume in 2024. That is, the very essence of the “Abraham Accords” was that Arab countries had to recognize Israel without the condition of creating a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, the creation of which was discussed in all UN Security Council resolutions concerning the Middle East settlement. In addition, these agreements were supposed to legalize the settlements themselves, which were built contrary to previously reached agreements and UN Security Council resolutions. In fact, in exchange for certain promises of investment, the creeping occupation of Palestinian territories would continue, the construction of new settlements would continue, while the Palestinian enclaves themselves would become increasingly smaller. Actually, the Gaza Strip, the largest Palestinian enclave, did not have any chance for the future, as well as development prospects, having turned into something between a reservation and a concentration camp, it was doomed. Naturally, Israel set the task for the Palestinian population from this enclave to choose other places of residence, moving to Palestinian camps in other countries. This was to be followed by a gradual strangulation of Palestinian settlements in the West Bank. Finally, the constant provocations of the Israelis regarding the Islamic shrines of Al-Aqsa left little doubt that another provocation should have led to the closure of access there for Palestinians. It should also be recalled that Itamar Ben-Gvir , Israel's Minister of National Security and leader of the far-right religious party Otzma Yehudit, climbed the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where Islam's third holiest site is located, demanding the removal of all restrictions on Jews visiting the site. Thus, everything was going to the point that the Palestinians were not only losing their lands, but could soon lose their shrine in the lands of Al-Quds (Jerusalem). It was under these conditions that Hamas decided to take active action, and Israel decided to speed up the resolution of the “Palestinian issue”, taking advantage of the situation. | |||||
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 It was a planned op waiting for an opportunity. It is a move in a larger chess board. Just as Ukraine was. There can be no peace. Paleos are generationally down the road of an enemy they believe is subhuman. Israel has a timeline to send the message. Unrestricted war in that region will blow up. The Arabs have no idea if they start throwing in. And you can bet NGOs are lined up to facilitate those refugees into Europe. It’s an industry with a design. |
| Posted by: Jefe101 2023-10-14 14:38 |
| #6 Because Iran paid them to attack. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-10-14 14:30 |
| #5 ^ I'll see your immigration policy and raise you to a global policy of no muzzists. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-14 10:17 |
| #4 we need an immigration policy of NO MUSLIMS. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-10-14 10:11 |
| #3 /\ They'll be arriving in LA soon. NGO's will be meeting them at the airport. The correct demographic mix of incompatible cultures still eludes us. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-10-14 03:18 |
| #2 Thus, the surviving Palestinians will be squeezed out to Egypt and the issue of the Gaza Strip will be closed completely. From your mouth to the ear of G*d. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-14 02:10 |
| #1 "Turn the broad over." Hahahaha. Bad, you're bad. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-10-14 01:46 |