Gaza – Field of Death and Home of the Oppressed

The American Senate on Thursday endorsed the Israeli offensive in Gaza. According to them, Israel is just defending itself, adding that they would have done the same in a similar situation. But what they forgot to mention was that Israel breached the Geneva Convention according to which the country committed itself to take care of the civilians in Gaza.

Moreover, most of the million and a half people are not in Gaza by their own free will. They were brought there by the Israeli army in 1948, the New York Times reported.

The Palestinians have no water, jobs or source of energy 

Women, children and elderly people have been living under occupation since 1967 and although the Israeli troops withdrew from the area in 2005, Israel is still controlling the border strip, as well as exports and imports, the supply of fuels and the movement of people. They also control the coast and air traffic.

After the Hamas movement strengthened in 2006, so did the Israeli blockade. And the number of diseased people has increased due to poor hygienic conditions.

Israel quashed the last hope for negotiations 

After Israel last year refused to rescind the blockade, Hamas’s shellings became more frequent and the last glimmer for negotiations was extinguished after Israeli troops killed six Hamas’s operatives in November.

The bloodiest attack on the Palestinian people located in an area 40 kilometres long and only ten kilometres wide began on December 27 of last year. Since then more than 700 Palestinians lost their lives. Several days ago the United Nations decided to cease all operations in that area after their convoy was attacked, as well as the school they founded. The war reports are coming only from Israel, which is no surprise, because reporters are forbidden to enter the Gaza strip.

Israeli stance: Palestinians were made to be oppressed 

The New York Times writes that there are indications of a war crime being committed, both by the Israeli side and Hamas.

- Every human life is precious. But the numbers speak for themselves: Nearly 700 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed since the conflict broke out at the end of last year. In contrast, there have been around a dozen Israelis killed, many of them soldiers – The New York Times wrote.

Negotiations are possible only if Israel lifts its blockade and although Israel’s politicians daily condemn the deaths of civilians, nobody has done much about it.

- This war on the people of Gaza isn’t really about rockets. Far more revealing are the words of Moshe Yaalon, then the Israeli Defence Forces chief of staff, in 2002: “The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people.” – The New York Times wrote.