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Israel's Reign of Terror in Gaza: A Breach of International Law

Strategic Insights

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The ongoing violence in Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, has been largely ignored by the international community. The Palestinian people have been living under Israeli occupation for decades, and their resistance has been met with military force and repression. Israel's actions are a clear breach of international law, and the world's inaction has enabled this regime to commit atrocities with impunity.

Key Takeaways:

  • Since Israel declared statehood in 1948, it has been terrorizing the Palestinian people, and the US and its Western allies have been active participants in that terror.
  • Israeli violence fits America's definition of "domestic terrorism," and Palestinians have suffered incomprehensible horrors because US politicians, media, and corporate America have failed to provide the historical context that gave rise to the insurrection of October 7, 2023.
  • The media has accepted without question the government's illegitimate designation of Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation as "terrorism" and national liberation groups like Hamas as terrorist organizations.
  • Scholars and activists have been arrested on the grounds that they pose a threat to US foreign policy and security for standing up for the truth and Palestine.
  • The 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention and Additional Protocol I explicitly affirm the legitimate right of the occupied to resist occupation as part of the right to self-determination.
  • The UN General Assembly has passed numerous resolutions recognizing the legitimacy of armed resistance as a means of oppressed peoples to achieve self-determination and independence.
  • The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 is an historical act of Jewish resistance against Nazi occupiers during World War II, and its legitimacy is not questioned; similarly, the Palestinian rebellion of October 7, 2023, should be viewed in the same light.
  • The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Israel is unlawfully occupying and not entitled to sovereignty over any Palestinian territories, and has demanded that Israel end its occupation and desist from creating new settlements.
  • The US and its European allies have ignored the ICJ's mandate, and have joined Israel in giving the ICJ and the UN General Assembly the "digitus impudicus" (digit of shame).

Statistics:

  • 68,000 Palestinians have been massacred in the last 19 months.
  • The Gaza Strip is an environmentally devastated wasteland.
  • Since 1948, Israel has been terrorizing the Palestinian people, and the US and its Western allies have been active participants in that terror.
  • The Palestinian population is approximately 2.1 million people, most of whom are living under Israeli occupation.
  • Israel has been raining down thousand-pound bombs on non-combatants to kill one man.

Sources:

  • https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/judgment-israel-gaza-benjamin-netanyahu-enablers
  • https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_right_to_resist
  • https://www.icrc.org/sites/default/files/document/file_list/dp_consult_4_1977_additional_protocols.pdf
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_resist#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20charter,%20the,subjugation,%20domination%20and%20exploitation%22.
  • https://www.un.org/unispal/document/position-paper-commissionof-inquiry-18oct24/#:~:text=In%20the%20advisory%20opinion,%20the,organizations%20including%20the%20United%20Nations.)
  • https://www.un.org/unispal/document/report-of-the-secretary-general-icj-19dec24/#:~:text=On%2018%20September%202024,%20the,organizations,%20including%20the%20United%20Nations.)
  • https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/15/letter-to-my-newborn-son/
  • https://www.palestinechronicle.com/international-law-and-israels-reign-of-terror-in-gaza/
  • https://www.palestinechronicle.com

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