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Merciless Murder

August 7, 2014 | By Luis Miranda | Government Corruption, War Propaganda, Word !e"s
#sraei Prime Minister, Ben$amin !etanya%u& P%oto 'redit( Getty #mages
W%en t%e )nited !ations, a go*aist+ed organi,ation 'as #srae and its eaders%ip
-'rimina., it is *e'ause t%e 'rimes *eing 'ommitted are so great, t%at not even t%e )!
/e'retary Genera 'an $usti0y&
#t is not everyday t%at "e %ear Ban+1i+moon or anyone ese 'aing a
government 'rimina, espe'iay "%en t%at government is a ong+time )&/& ay& But
atey, "e2ve %eard t%at ad$e'tive o0ten "%en peope des'ri*e #srae2s a'tion in Ga,a&
/ome $ournaists, do'tors, resear'%ers and simpe 0o1s %ave gone *eyond to 'a it
"%at it is( Geno'ide&
But t%is "ee1end, t%e )! se'retary genera, Ban 3i+moon %as'ondemned in t%e
strongest terms, t%e -'rimina. *om*ing 'arried out *y #sraei 0or'es in t%e vi'inity o0
a )! s'%oo in 4a0a%, "%i'% %e des'ri*ed as a -serious vioation o0 internationa
%umanitarian a"&.-5%e )! s%eters s%oud *e sa0e areas, not 'om*at ones., said t%e
)! /e'retary Genera&
5%e #sraei army %as *een repeatedy in0ormed o0 t%e o'ation o0 t%ese pa'es, so t%is
atta'1, aong "it% ot%er vioations o0 internationa a",s%oud *e investigated and t%ose
responsi*e, *roug%t to $usti'e,. added t%e genera se'retary&
#t is a mora atro'ity and a 'rimina a't. said t%e )! se'retary genera,"%o %as
de'ared t%at %e is -deepy s%o'1ed *y t%e a*omina*ees'aating o0 vioen'e and oss
o0 ives o0 %undreds o0 Paestinian 'iviians a0ter t%e *rea1do"n o0 %umanitarian
'ease0ire on August 1&.
Ban 3i Moon %as 0inis%ed as1ing *ot% parties, 6amas and t%e regime in 5e Aviv,
to end t%e 0ig%ting and return to t%e pat% o0 pea'e& 5%is-madness. %e
'on'uded, -must stop.&
5%e *om*ing o0 severa s'%oos ran *y t%e )! Agen'y 0or Paestinian
4e0ugees 7)!4WA8 %ave ta1en pa'e t%roug%out t%e et%ni' 'eansing 'ampaign t%at
#srae *egan a 0e" "ee1s ago& Amost 2,000 'iviians %ave *een 1ied in 'aed *ood
sin'e #srae started *om*ing Ga,a& Amost 1,000 o0 t%e vi'tims are '%idren&
5%e statement 0rom Ban+1i+moon 'ame a0ter #srae *om*ed yet anot%er )! s'%oo in
Ga,a, 1iing 19 peope and eaving more t%an 200 in$ured&
5%e #srae :e0ense ;or'es %ave opened an in<uiry into t%e *om*ing,"%i'%
o''urred a0ter )!4WA aerted t%e #sraei army 17 times a*out t%e e=a't o'ation o0 t%e
s'%oo& Last "ee1, t%e %ead o0 t%e Ameri'an >ionist ?rgani,ation, Mort 3ein, a''used
t%e Paestinian popuation o0 renting out t%eir iving rooms to 6amas as storage spa'e
and said t%at 0or t%at reason #srae %ad enoug% $usti0i'ation to *o" entire
neig%*or%oods up&
6e said t%at *e'ause Paestinians %ave supposedy sta'1ed up 6amas ro'1ets in t%eir
1it'%ens and iving rooms, #srae 'an and must murder t%ousands o0 Paestinians& Mr&
3ein did not s%o" proo0 o0 %is statement, *ut did des'ri*ed 6amas and Paestinians in
genera as -!a,is.&
Mr& 3ein 0orgot to mention t%at t%e *ruta regime t%at governs over #srae "as iteray
para'%uted in *y Ado0 6iter %imse0 aong "it% t%e Ameri'ans and t%e Britis%, and t%at
t%e 0or'ed presen'e o0 #srae in Paestinian and is one o0 t%e reasons "%y
Paestinians are e=tremey upset a*out t%e "ay #srae %as *een a'ting sin'e t%e
o''upation started&
W%ie ta1ing a*out #sraei sovereignty and t%e rig%t t%at t%e @e"is% peope %ave to ive
in pea'e in t%eir state, #srae %as *een an avid supported o0 miitary 'oups in t%e
region in an e00ort to desta*ii,e Ara* nations&
/eparatey, t%e )&/& government %as des'ri*ed as -un0ortunate. t%e #sraei
*om*ing near t%e )! s'%oo in 4a0a%& 5%e )&/& government %as 'riti'i,ed t%e
atta'1 and 'aed 0or a greater e00ort in preventing 'iviian deat%s&
Ameri'a is appaed *y t%e depora*e *om*ing near t%e s'%oo, "%i'%
%oused A,000 re0ugees,. said )&/& spo1es"oman, @en Psa1i, in a statement& -5%e
suspi'ion t%at miitants are operating 'ose *y does not $usti0y endangering t%e ives o0
so many inno'ent 'iviians,. s%e added&
W%ie most o0 t%e "ord %as s%o"n disgust every time #srae murders inno'ent
'iviians, t%e main stream media, spe'i0i'ay some *oggers, %ave ta1en t%e time to
prope t%e narrative t%at governments su'% as t%e one in #srae are $usti0ied "%en
aun'%ing miitary atta'1s against de0enseess popuations&
Most governments in Latin Ameri'a %ave denoun'ed #srae2s a'tions as 'rimes against
%umanity& Boivia, 0or e=ampe, %as de'ared #srae a -terrorist state.&
:espite t%e go*a 'ondemnation, t%ere are sti t%ose "%o t%in1 t%at geno'ide is
$usti0ied& A *ogger 0or t%e 5imes o0 #srae, Bo'%anan Gordon, "rote an arti'e tited
-W%en Geno'ide is Permissi*e,. "%ere %e advo'ated 0or geno'ide as ong as
government eaders t%oug%t it "as $usti0ia*e&
W%at ot%er "ay t%en is t%ere to dea "it% an enemy o0 t%is nature ot%er t%an
o*iterate t%em 'ompeteyC. Gordon as1ed in %is arti'e, "%i'% "as <ui'1y deeted
0rom t%e pu*i'ation& Gordon ater apoogi,ed 0or t%e arti'e and t%e 5imes o0 #srae
de'ared t%e post to *e in -*atant *rea'% o0 editoria guideines&. A''ording to t%e
5imes, t%e ne"spaper -dis'ontinued t%e "riter2s *og&.
Peope i1e Gordon, or Ben$amin !etanya%u, "%o openy 'a 0or t%e mer'iess murder
o0 inno'ent 'iviians as a proper response to "%at t%ey 'a an ongoing t%reat to t%e
#sraei /tate, sin t"i'e in our vie"& ;irsty, t%ey *eieve it is 1os%er to murder inno'ent
peope as ong as t%ey 'an 0ind a $usti0i'ation o0 t%eir o"nD and se'ondy, t%ey 'o"ardy
'a 0or su'% geno'ide 0rom t%e 'om0ort o0 t%eir air 'onditioned o00i'es&
W%ie t%e num*er o0 dead Paestinians in'rease *y t%e %undreds a "ee1, #srae %as
su00ered t%e oss o0 94 #:; sodiers "%o parti'ipated in t%e ground invasion o0 Ga,a&
#sraei Prime Minister Ben$amin !etanya%u, said on /aturday t%at #srae "i
a't -a''ording to our se'urity needs and ony a''ording to our se'urity needs.&
5%e 'urrent geno'ida 'ampaign in Ga,a %as aready 'ost Paestinians more deat%s
t%an t%e previous one aun'%ed *y #srae in 200E&
Be'ause Western nations %ave not stopped #srae 0rom 1iing Paestinians F as t%ey
"oud do in non+aigned nations, t%e daiy deat% o0 Ga,ans %as *e'ome a ne" norma
in "ord a00airs, and "%ist t%ousands o0 Ga,ans are 1ied and entire neig%*or%oods
are destroyed, t%e remaining Paestinians are *eing dra"n to an even smaer portion
o0 t%eir and&
#0 #srae is not stopped soon, its miitary 'ampaign "i a'%ieve a parae goa( 4edu'e
t%e Ga,an popuation to a num*er t%at is sma enoug% to 'age t%em into an even
smaer pie'e o0 and so t%at #srae 'an e=pand 0urt%er out into Paestinian and&
Luis 4& Miranda is t%e ;ounder and Gditor o0 5%e 4ea Agenda& 6is 19 years o0
e=perien'e in @ournaism in'ude teevision, radio, print and #nternet ne"s& Luis
o*tained %is @ournaism degree 0rom )niversidad Latina de Costa 4i'a, "%ere %e
graduated in Mass Media Communi'ation in 1HHE& 6e aso %ods a Ba'%eor2s :egree
in Broad'asting 0rom Mont'air /tate )niversity in !e" @ersey& Among %is most
distinguis%ed intervie"s are( Costa 4i'an President @ose Maria ;igueres and @ames
6ansen 0rom !A/A /pa'e Goddard #nstitute&4ead more a*out Luis&
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