The mass slaughter of the Palestinian people has been going on for more than half a century, however, the world is currently more concerned about the recent MH17 incident and thus slowly brushing the ethnic cleansing back under the dirty carpet.

The aim of this blog/piece or whatever you want to call it is just to promote awareness (do something that British media wont!), with some facts that you most likely are not aware of and to urge you to do research yourself, instead of listening to the highly censored rubbish SKY and BBC are feeding us.

The latest round of intense shelling, killing at least 87 people in one district (BBC News, 2014) whilst the rest of the influential world continues on barely batting an eyelid. This brings the total death count to 395. 395 KNOWN deaths and hundreds not counted for, and probably thousands of injuries.

The latest round of the conflict began approximately 13/14 days ago and received barely any mainstream coverage. However when the conflict did eventually receive coverage it has been heavily biased and censored, portraying the Israeli state as the victim.

There is no doubt that so called extremist minority entities are present with the occupied territories, but they pale in comparison to Israeli state terrorism inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian civilians.

Here is the first statistic for you to ponder on. Over 1,581 Palestinian CHILDREN have been slaughtered since the 29th of September 2000 (Rememberthesechildren.org, 2014). That’s innocent children who were playing in the streets, going to school, having breakfast, dinner, whatever. Children who are exactly like our children playing outside on our streets without the fear of getting blown to pieces. Oh and these statistics don’t include those who have been killed in this most recent wave of genocide. So who are the real terrorists?

Another stat. The US of A provides Israel with the equivalent of over $8.5 million per day, since the early part of 2013, in military aide (The Congressional Research Service’s report “U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel,” 2013). In contrast, the Palestinians have received $0 in military aid (The Congressional Research Service’s Report “U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians” 2013). The Palestinians have no army, no weapons, and no security, which many of you are aware. There is clear evidence of the difference of military power as seen on TV and across all media platforms; this is how the Israeli forces are able to massacre hundreds and thousands of innocent people. Think of that iconic picture of a boy with a rock standing in front of a tank. That boy should have a toy in his hand in front of a park, but sadly not. So who are the real terrorists?

An outstanding amount of 77 UN resolutions have been passed against the Israeli state since 1946.

Resolution 248: “…‘condemns’ Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan”

Resolution 262: “…‘condemns’ Israel for attack on Beirut airport”

Resolution 270: “…‘condemns’ Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon”

Resolution 444: “…‘deplores’ Israel’s lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces”

Resolution 452: “…‘calls on’ Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories”

Resolution 471: “…‘expresses deep concern’ at Israel’s failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention”

Resolution 515: “…‘demands’ that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in”

The above just a few of many (UN.org.). In comparison, UN has only passed a single resolution:

Resolution 1435: “…‘calls on’ the Palestinian Authority to meet its expressed commitment to ensure that those responsible for terrorist acts are brought to justice by it”

So once again I ask who are the real terrorists?

The current most important issue, which the Palestinian people have been resisting to, is the issue of illegal settlements. The Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions has estimated that over 28,000 houses have been demolished by Israel within Palestinian land (Icahd.org, 2014). A further 52,900 have been damaged as a result of intensive shelling. 28,000 Palestinian homes have been replaced with 163 Jewish only settlements alongside 99 so called outposts (Archive.peacenow.org, 2014). Tel Aviv has further approved another 942 settlement units to be built on land where Palestinian people have lived for 1000s of years. More than 500,000 Israelis already live in settlements; Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has released a statement saying “All settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, is illegal under international law.” Yet Israel persists on breaking laws continuously without any repercussions.

Jewish residents in these occupied territories enjoy all sorts of privileges which have been stripped from Palestinian citizens. Within this apartheid state, the illegal Jewish communities are protected by Israeli civil law, where as the Palestinians are ruled with a heavy hand. Military law.

Think of the Palestinian child who sees his Jewish neighbour come and go freely, whilst his family and friends are subject to arrest and detention, have their movements controlled; barring of access to educational or healthcare facilities. That child whose only fault was to be born in a land which Israel is hell bent on taking from the Palestinians. So that question again who’s the terrorist? The Palestinians right?

As the current situation stands, the Palestinian people are locked up in an open prison. The borders surrounding Palestine locked off. Free movement nonexistent. Water, food and aid controlled. Airstrikes becoming a normality. Death of loved ones a normality.

And once again the whole world stands by watching without taking any real action. My only request is for you to do your own research look past the bullshit, the sun, sky and the BBC feed you.

#FREE PALESTINE.

References

Archive.peacenow.org, (2014). Americans for Peace Now. [online] Available at: http://archive.peacenow.org/map.php [Accessed 20 Jul. 2014].

BBC News, (2014). Gaza suffers deadliest single day. [online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28389282 [Accessed 20 Jul. 2014].

Icahd.org, (2014). ICAHD | The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. [online] Available at: http://www.icahd.org [Accessed 20 Jul. 2014].

Icahd.org, (2014). Key Facts | ICAHD. [online] Available at: http://www.icahd.org/faq [Accessed 20 Jul. 2014].

Rememberthesechildren.org, (2014). Remember These Children: About Us. [online] Available at: http://rememberthesechildren.org/about.html [Accessed 20 Jul. 2014].