RIGHT TO DEFEND

1. An Israeli stated on TV that Israel has a right to defend itself.

2. Does this mean that only Israel has the right but the Palestinians have no right to defend themselves?

3. What is happening now is that Israel is committing genocide on the Palestinian people in Gaza. This is the opinion of the world. It is also the finding of the world court.

4. Already 40,000 Palestinians have been killed. Israel claims that Hamas’ attack killed 1400 Israelis.

5. But for 70 years Israel has occupied Palestinian land, built settlements on Palestinian territory, killed thousands of Palestinians, tortured and killed Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, occupied Jerusalem, expelled the people there, seized their homes and now waging war against them.

6. For all these oppression do the Israelis consider it their right? Do they consider the Palestinians have no right to retaliate?

7. Surely the Palestinians also have rights. But they have not committed genocide against the Israelis.

8. Yet the Israelis are killing Palestinian women, children and even babies in order to protect Israel. The excuse is to eliminate Hamas. But the fact is that the Palestinian men, women, children and babies are not the soldiers of Hamas. They are non-combatants.

9. This is not a war to protect Israel. It is a genocidal war to kill all Palestinians in Gaza, the West-Bank, Lebanon and anywhere.

10. The Israelis are truly inhuman.