Israel Has A Long History of Crimes Against Humanity in Palestine

Even Israelis say the Israeli government has been committing genocide in Gaza Main Points 1. Israel used white phosphorous bombs on Gazans. 2. Israel conducted carpet bombing on Gaza. 3. Israeli forces targeted children. 4. Netanyahu likens Palestinians to Amaleks mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. 5. Israeli ministers have called for the genocide of Palestinians. By New Age Islam Staff Writer 22 November, 2023 Since its birth in 1948, Israel has treated Palestinians as outsiders and occupiers and has persecuted Palestinians in every way. It has fought so-called wars in Gaza more than 14 times including the ongoing one. All through its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli governments have treated Palestinians like animals and have dehumanised them. Israel launched its military offensive after Hamas' surprise attacks on October 7 but the way it has targeted civilians and civilian buildings, hospitals, schools, refugee camps and water stations, it appears that the Netanyahu government is doing all this with a certain mindset. In a recent statement, he likened the Palestinians to Amaleks mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The passage exhorts Israelites to exterminate every living being without discrimination of women, children, the elderly or even livestock and the destruction of cities in their war against Amalekites. As the bombardment of Gaza continues and the world has been condemning Israel's genocidal offensive, the leaders and ministers of Netanyahu's coalition government have been making provocative statements against the people of Gaza and the West Bank. Heritage Minister Amihai Ilyahu who had spoken of a nuclear attack on Gaza earlier said that the Gazans can go to Ireland or to the deserts. Another minister of the Netanyahu government said that Gaza should be completely destroyed. Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian said that the Gazans will be punished with a lack of electricity and water. Another minister of Netanyahu's coalition government Bezalel Smortich said that Gazans should voluntarily evacuate Gaza for their own welfare because they live in densely populated areas and lack opportunities for development. It should be noted that Bezalel Smortich is a far-right politician with a terrorist mindset. Journalist Jake Tapper says about him: "With the world focussed on Gaza, key members of Netanyahu's cabinet, the coalition that he formed are throwing fire on the flames, in the West Bank. In the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Monday of this week, columnist Odeb Bisharat called out two members of the Netanyahu cabinet for taking advantage of the Hamas attacks, taking advantage and using the attacks to advance a racist anti-Arab agenda. Let's start in the West Bank. Israel Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a hateful anti-Arab bigot. He is a far-right politician in the Netanyahu coalition and has broad powers in civilian issues in the West Bank. Haaretz reports that since October 7, more than 170 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israelis across the West Bank. Now way back in 2005, when Israel was withdrawing from Gaza, Smotrich was arrested by the Israeli security forces, Shin Bet. Smotrich was arrested under suspicion of planning terrorist attacks. He was held by Shin Bet for three weeks. He was suspected of planning to block public roads and damaging infrastructure. That's according to Yiddiot Acronot, a major Israeli newspaper. In 2015, the former deputy head of Shin Bet called Smotrich a 'Jewish terrorist' according to Israel's Channel 13." Smotrich had opposed the government's decision to withdraw from Gaza and so he allegedly planned terrorist attacks in West Bank to force the government to postpone its withdrawal. During the ongoing conflict, he has provoked the Israelis to use the opportunity to 'plunder' the West Bank. No wonder that persecution, harassment and killing of Palestinians in the West Bank has witnessed a rise since October 7. The settlers have killed, harassed and driven Palestinians from their homes with impunity. The IDF has also launched aerial attacks in the West Bank though no Hamas fighters are there. This strengthens the 'conspiracy theory' that the Hamas attack was pre-planned to give the Netanyahu government the premise to launch an attack on Gaza and destroy it completely so that it may go ahead with its gas exploration and construction of the Ben Gurion canal through Gaza. Recently, the Israeli security establishment has come up with its report that the Israeli military shot the participants of the music festival on October 7. The festival was scheduled for October 5 and 6 but the organisers changed the date to October 7 and Hamas did not have formation of the festival. An Israeli lady who survived the attacks testified that Israeli soldiers opened fire on the festivalgoers. It should be recalled that the Egyptian Intelligence Minister had claimed that he had personally called Netanyahu and informed him of 'something big' by Hamas but Netanyahu had pretended to ignore the warning. Hamas was originally known as Majama al Islamiyah and was allowed to flourish in Gaza as a rival group of Yasser Arafat's Fateh in the West Bank. It established schools, hospitals and social welfare organisations in Gaza and was allowed to strengthen its base in Gaza. In 1985-87, the organisation changed its name to Hamas. As Israel left Gaza in 2005, Hamas won the elections in Gaza and formed the government. During these years, Hamas apparently hardened its stance against Israel and vowed to free Palestine from Israel's occupation. It did not even support a two-state solution. After Hamas came to power in Gaza, it had many wars with Israel. But Netanyahu called Hamas its secret ally in a secret cabinet meeting. In an interview with CNN, the former IDF soldier Benzie Sanders said that the Netanyahu government facilitated the transfer of funds to Hamas to keep Palestinians divided between Gaza and the West Bank. It is to be noted that Hamas fired 5000 missiles in 20 minutes on October 7 but the number of missiles fired came down in successive days though Israel's Iron Dome had failed to intercept them. Israel started the land offensive after a week. Still, Hamas did not fire missiles in large numbers. What did stop it from firing missiles at the same speed? The total destruction of Gaza as envisaged by the ministers of the Netanyahu government is going on. The Israeli government has also distributed sophisticated weapons among the settlers of West Bank. A genocide is going in Gaza. The Israeli forces have targeted children and women not only in this war but also in previous wars. Miko Peled, the son of an Israeli general said: "And you got the Israeli army which I like to refer to as one of the best trained, best equipped and best fed terrorist organisation in the world. And yes, they have generals and they have nice uniforms but their entire purpose is terrorism. I’ll give you one example. Almost exactly four years ago, as Israel began its attack on Gaza, Sept 27, 2008, at 11:25 in the morning what I refer to as the most shameful day in the Jewish history, the most shameful day in the history of the Jewish people. Israel began carpet bombing Gaza and on the first day of what was going to be a 21-day attack, they dropped 100 tonnes of bombs. Okay, the one-tonne bomb will decimate an entire city block. Gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world. 8,00,000 children live in Gaza. At 11:25 exactly is the time when the morning school shift and the afternoon school shift change. So, all the kids were on the streets. That was the moment decided by the decision-makers of Israel to begin the attack. This was the first day of the 21-day slaughter that had absolutely no justification. If that's not terrorism, I don't know what is." A PhD scholar of Israel, Katty, who has studied in the US says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Ibrahim Awad, a Muslim youth from Georgia whose mother had left Gaza says that Israel restricts the life of the Palestinians making them live like prisoners. The military law of Israel says the Palestinians cannot even extract water from water wells. They cannot even store rainwater in cisterns. They control electricity and restrict medicine. During the ongoing war also, Israel has targeted children and women with an eye on ethnic cleansing. Out of 12 thousand dead, almost 5500 are children and 3500 are women. Among the 30,000 injured, 75 per cent are women. This means the IDF attacks the places where women with their children are found taking shelter or moving in a group. Obviously, every woman is accompanied by one or two children. This should be taken note of by the world community. The focus of the IDF is not on Hamas militants but on children and women, not on Hamas' bunkers and tunnels but on hospitals and schools. This speaks of the real objective of Israel. Netanyahu's weak coalition government is playing to the tunes of his far-right coalition leaders who want to destroy Gaza completely and push the Gazans out of Gaza. Therefore, Netanyahu is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Demands have been raised for Netanyahu's trial in ICC. South Africa has filed a referral to the International Criminal Court for an investigation into war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. “South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday during a state visit to Qatar. Ramaphosa said that he believed Israel was committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinians had been killed and hospitals and public infrastructure had been destroyed. The South African government has also called on the International Crime Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by mid-December. South Africa, along with Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros and Djibouti, submitted a referral to the ICC to investigate whether war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Gaza. Netanyahu's crimes against humanity not only in this war but also in the 2008 and 2014 wars should also be investigated. He has been attacking children, women and the elderly with impunity. 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