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Impunity and Defiance: Has Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza become 'Normalized'?

Strategic Insights

— 2 min read

Iqbal Jassat, an Executive Member of the South Africa-based Media Review Network, writes that Israel's actions in Palestine have demonstrated levels of impunity, defiance, and rejection of all civilized values and norms. The normalization of the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza has become a disturbing reality, with the world failing to intervene meaningfully. Despite hollow condemnations from some countries, the lack of concrete action has emboldened Israel to continue its genocide, with despotic regimes complicit in the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Key Takeaways:

  • Israel has demonstrated levels of impunity, defiance, and rejection of all civilized values and norms, maintaining and defending its despicable apartheid reign, and the illegitimate occupation of Palestine.
  • The normalization of the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza has become a disturbing reality, with the world failing to intervene meaningfully.
  • Despotic regimes, such as the UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, and others, have given legitimacy to the absurd notion of "normalization" and are complicit in the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
  • The concept of "political will" within the US and Europe has been put to the test, and the much-vaunted "rules-based order" as well as the notion of "International law" has been sacrificed at the altar of Zionism.
  • The Global South, led by South Africa, has made a huge impact in public consciousness and aroused anger and frustration with regard the failures of institutions, including the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, and the International Court of Justice.
  • Despite the efforts of the Global South, the enormous pain and suffering endured by Palestinians continues, with Israel perpetrating "slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid" through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
  • The medical group Doctors Without Borders has exposed the truth about the US/Israel outfit ostensibly set up to provide aid, which is in fact perpetrating starvation and forced risk for minimal supplies.
  • The Netanyahu dictatorship's policies thrive on death and delusion, and the illusion that given Donald Trump's support, neither he nor the Zionist regime is untouchable has been dispelled.
  • Israel's hi-tech multi-layered defense systems could not prevent Iran's retaliatory missile launches, which struck strategic infrastructure and key installations.
  • The power dynamics within Zionism itself have begun to alter in ways that pundits believe display powerful signs of decay, with many of Netanyahu's troops speaking out against the genocide in Gaza.

Statistics:

  • The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached over 10,000 Palestinians since 2008 (source: BBC)
  • The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has provided minimal aid to Palestinians, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for supplies (source: Doctors Without Borders)
  • Iran's retaliatory missile launches struck strategic infrastructure and key installations in Israel (source: Al Jazeera)
  • The US/Israel outfit has perpetuated "slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid" in Gaza (source: Doctors Without Borders)

Sources:

  • Iqbal Jassat, "Impunity and Defiance: Has Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza become 'Normalized'?", The Palestine Chronicle
  • Haaretz, "Senior IDF officers admit uncalculated fire on Gaza aid seekers after Haaretz expose"
  • Doctors Without Borders, statement on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
  • Al Jazeera, "Iran's missile launches strike strategic infrastructure in Israel"
  • BBC, "Gaza: The death toll since 2008"

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