Is there any state in this world, which can openly humiliate the only superpower and then get away with it? Is there any country whose prime minister can force an American president to declare him a “man of peace” despite his government’s continued policy of grabbing other people’s land to construct illegal colonies and making all-out efforts to annihilate those people?

Yes, there is one and only country, Israel, that has the audacity to do all that without bothering about international pressure and laws. No wonder Israel is launching its own probe into the Gaza war incidents (read carnage) and has rejected the proposal of a UN-sponsored investigation of its crimes against humanity during its latest onslaught on Gaza.

It would be perhaps the first time in the history of modern world when an aggressor will be acting as his own prosecutor and judge. When it comes to Israel, anything is possible. Who cares about international laws?

The other day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her concern over increasing “anti-Semitism” in her country.

Keeping in view Germany’s horrible past under Hitler she has all the right to get upset with the emerging situation. Merkel, however, should realize that every sensible person across the globe took exception to what Israel did in the monthlong aggression against an area already under siege for years. Israeli propaganda apparatus can’t fool the world all the time.

Let’s accept the fact — Israel is a colonial power and will continue to behave this way until it is held accountable for its crimes committed since 1948. All those praising Israel for the in-house inquiry should ask as to what happened to the previous investigation reports including the one conducted by Goldstone or the recent one on Turkish Flotilla massacre. Let’s be prepared for further humiliation of world’ s intelligence at the hands of the Zionist state. — Masood Khan, Jubail