Ignore the fake news. Israel isn’t defending itself. It’s enforcing its right to continue ethnically cleansing Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook
The missing context for what’s happening in Gaza is that Israel has been working night and day to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from their homeland since even before Israel become a state – when it was known as the Zionist movement.
Israel didn’t just cleanse Palestinians in 1948, when it was founded as a Western colonial project, and again under cover of a regional war in 1967. It also worked to ethnically cleanse Palestinians every day between those dates and afterwards. The aim was to move them off their historic lands, and either expel them beyond Israel’s new, expanded borders or concentrate them into small ghettoes inside those borders – as a holding measure until they could be expelled outside the borders.
The ‘settler’ project, as we call it, is a misnomer. It’s really Israel’s ethnic cleansing programme. Israel even has a special word for it in Hebrew: ‘Judaisation’, or making the land Jewish. It is official government policy.
Gaza was the largest of the Palestinian reservations created by Israel’s ethnic cleansing programme, and the most overcrowded. To stop the inhabitants spilling out, Israel built a fence-barrier in the early 1990s to pen them in. Then when policing became too hard from within the prison, Israel pulled back in 2005 to the outer perimeter barrier.
New technology allowed Israel to besiege Gaza remotely by land, sea and air in 2007, limiting the entry of food and vital items like medicine and cement for construction. Automated gun towers shot anyone who came near the fence. The navy patrolled the sea, stopping boats straying more than a kilometre or two off shore. And drones watched 24 hours a day from the sky.
The people of Gaza were sealed in and largely forgotten, except when they lobbed a few rockets over the fence – to international indignation. If they fired too many rockets, Israel bombed them mercilessly and occasionally launched a ground invasion. The rocket threat was increasingly neutralised by a rocket interception system, paid for by the US, called Iron Dome.
Palestinians tried to be more inventive in finding ways to break out of their prison. They built tunnels. But Israel found ways to identify those that ran close to the fence and destroyed them.
Palestinians tried to get attention by protesting en masse at the fence. Israeli snipers were ordered to shoot them in the legs, leading to thousands of amputees.
The ‘deterrence’ seemed to work. Israel could once again sit back and let the Palestinians rot in Gaza. ‘Quiet’ had been restored.
Until, that is, last weekend when Hamas broke out briefly and ran amok, killing civilians and soldiers alike.
So Israel now needs a new policy. It looks like the ethnic cleansing programme is being applied to Gaza anew. The half of the population in the enclave’s north is being herded south, where there are not the resources to cope with them. And even if there were, Israel has cut off food, water and power to everyone in Gaza.
The enclave is quickly becoming a pressure cooker. The pressure is meant to build on Egypt to allow the Palestinians entry into Sinai on ‘humanitarian’ grounds.
Whatever the media are telling you, the ‘conflict’ – that is, Israel’s ethnic cleansing programme – started long before Hamas appeared on the scene. In fact, Hamas emerged very late, as the predictable response to Israel’s violent colonisation project.
And no turning point was reached a week ago. This has all been playing out in slow motion for more than 100 years.
Ignore the fake news. Israel isn’t defending itself. It’s enforcing its right to continue ethnically cleansing Palestinians.
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26 responses to “What the media forgets to tell you about Israel and Gaza”
bibb speaking on behalf of hamas in support 0f the one state solution is well documented as cause belli for this exact moment. In addition to one of bibi’s grnerals seeking funding of
hamas from qatar.
Honest military annalists are already of the opinion that this time the Zionist Entity bit more than it can chew. The reason being that despite a great loss of Palestinians lives, Israel has created a future Stalingrad death trap. Do not despair brothers and sisters, because tanks, APCs or any kind of mobile means of war, can not enter a heap of ruins like Gaza. Every Jewish soldier that enters an unknown maze of rubble is a perfect target for Hamas snipers who knows every inch of terrain that the enemy doesn’t. In the meantime, as soon as enemy forces enter Gaza Hesbollah will attack in the northern border. Also support freedom fighters are on their way from Yemen, Syria, Iraq and other Muslim countries. Like the song goes ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’.
Amen brother. Amen!!!
The worst and most despicable of all media are the “Australian” media. In fact, the Australia media with the Government are promoting and arguing for Genocide against the Palestinians.
And how coward are the Israeli? How low can they go to commit murder? They forced women and children to gather in a small area (inside a Hospital) and killed them easily.
Might Rupert have a finger in that pie, as he sets the bar ever £ower for the pre$$ gang?
Check out ‘The Juice Media’ on the tube.
I too watched the most despicable coverage on Australia’s “Channel 7”. It was a total propaganda blitz, and they continually repeated the line that all Australians must stand together with Israel. They even got an ASIO (CIA sub-branch) representative to explain that Australians must “come together and stand with Israel”. The pushed the line that not doing so was “antisemitism”. Then they had our Prime Minister appear on TV and they pushed him to vow to enforce censorship to prevent such “antisemitism”. Perhaps the Murdoch press is just as bad, but I cant see how it could be worse.
Gene: It might be worth remembering that the Australian media is/are owned by the Cabal and entities, consequently – you’re NEVER going to be informed of any perspective which conflicts with their directorate. Not even the politicians, who are supposed to be PUBLIC – SERVANTS acting in the interests of the tax-paying public – are permitted to air an objective analysis of anything conflicting with the MSM ‘narrative’.
If you suspected that Howard, Morrison and Albanese were compromised twats … remember that they’re only got to their lofty position because the peeps who OWN them dictate most of what they are allowed to ‘say’. Scary thoughts, eh?
Just cast your mind back to the first thing the mincing-poodle, Albanese was compelled to do when he appointed as leader … he had to go and kiss Urainian-butt as gratitude for being s/elected. It mattered not that Ukraine was voted the most corrupt country in Europe (by EU) but an Australian representative was compelled to pay-homage to the money-masters, of else …
It’s a tangled web woven to deceive us … although, if it’s hard to fathom … it is supposed to be.
The whole country- Austr. is owned by the Cabal and entities. So why would you be surprised ?
Zionism is the cruelest and most extensive form of racism in that it regards all non Jews as inferior beings; or rather non Zionists since it regards non Zionist Jews as self hating Jews. It is also the most powerful movement since it has total control over the most powerful country in the world. But the American empire is beginning to fade and fail and thus there is the beginning of a downgrade in the most powerful and cruel and arrogant form of racism the world has ever experienced. And the cover story ‘Poor always persecuted Jew’ is also fading.
Foolish conclusion since a majority of Jewish people don’t even live in Palestine. The two contexts are opposites. The Jewish Bund lives.
There is no doubt Israel has been trying to eradicate Palestine since 1948 but you are attempting to revise History.
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
“His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in PALESTINE of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in PALESTINE, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour
The context goes all the way to the framing of Jews as the god-killers by early KKKristian idiots who abandoned the cross as a gallows and substituted their rope and stake-burnings etc….all the way down to our high-tech electrified chairmen and chemical executions.
Yankee-doodle dandy even incorporated ye olde gas-chamber to its democratic choices of disposal units.
Meantime we had the Roman papal imperial Crusader brutality once upon a feudal population crisis, followed by 16th century British Israelism when Puritan zealots decided, via their E£izabethan daily mirrorworship, they were the fairest in any land and so must surely be a ‘lost tribe of the chosen people’.
Roll on through to 19th century race theory rationalisations of this co££ective narcissism of Aryan supremacism and ‘Bloody’ Ba£four’s tussle with French, German and Russian ambitions for full spectrum financial thuggery (Al Jazeera have an excellent documentary on Baal#4) and top it with the Ang£o-$axon (plus ye FranKKKish) building and feeding of TEUtonic bro Adolf’s war machine to finally snare Russia’s Asian swagbag and then funneling the survivors to garisson Suez and the holy oil of the region under the U$ heir to the whole cornucopic shebang, stir in Irgun, Hagana and the Stern Gang for midwifery….pr€$to…nuclear liftoff, via the born again fruitcaKKKe$ riding their rapturous four horses to apocalyptic wargasm when the meek shall inherit the proverbial six foot of dirt.
Aye, Men?
I posted this comment in RT and it was deleted.
Self-proclaimed ‘most Christian America’ says the Bible is the word of God and ignores most of the fundamentals. Christ Jesus is the WORD of God made flesh.
They ignore this controversial insight and admonition in the Revelation of Jesus Christ the World is beginning to see more clearly than ever in the Revelation of current events.
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Revelation 2:9
I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Revelation 3:9
Since those words are verse 9 in chapters 2 & 3 of the Revelation, it’s not just a coincidence, but the reinforcement of the vision in plain, not mystical language
Israelis IDF claim they are concerned about Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza. They are concerned because the civilian casualties aren’t high enough.
Historically Israel usually kills 10 Palestinians to 1 Israeli. They have to get those numbers back up. For the 1st time they could not let Palestinians kill more Jews.
The FACTS are Israel killed all the Hamas fighters who actually did all the killing in Israel within 2 Days.
The President of Israel said THERE ARE NO CIVILIANS in Gaza and that’s the Israeli attitude.
Isreal was waiting for Hamas to attack.
Now king Bibi has the perfect excuse to push Palestinians out of Gaza and for Jewish settlers to take over.
As for human rights violations, well, isreal is always innocent.
If the scum attempt to enter Gaza, it’s game over for the Zionists.
In Israels opinion the only good Palestinian is a dead Palestinian. If they are not a terrorist, a resistance fighter or political activist now, they will be in the future. That is why it is so important to annihilate them as quickly as possible while they still have US cover and approval. Count on the American Jewish lobby to determine govt. policy. And after encouraging Ukraine to commit patriotic suicide they left are swinging in the wind, dumped on the EU’s doorstep. It wouldn’t surprise me if Zelensky was replaced by popular demand and sent to the Russian front.
For many decades the white supremacy of Israel have believed that white supremists have the right to murder Palestinians, or anyone else for that matter with impunity. These people believe that they are above all other living things on earth because their God has deemed it so.
It is unfortunate so many have died in this conflict on both sides. The issues go all the way back to 1916 during World War I The only way this is going to be settled is to remove all the people from Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank. That entire area will have no one living there at all, except U.N. troops to keep all of it, a no man land.
The Palestinians are moved to Arab countries, the Jews are moved to the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. The people in the West Bank are moved to other Arab countries. Those who are Christians get to pick another country, since there are so few of them left.
Remember, say what you like about the Nazis, the Nazis never bombed a hospital full of Jewish children. No Moslem ever spat on a Christian priest in Jerusalem. Jews are doing it every day. Don’t dare to critique Jews online.
Egyptian Comedian HUMILIATES Piers Morgan On His Own Show.
Absolute GOLD. You MUST see it.:-
https://rokfin.com/post/152456/Egyptian-Comedian-HUMILIATES-Piers-Morgan-On-His-Own-Show
I am sorry to ask this, but where is all the proof of these heinous crimes by Hamas? I don’t have a TV but should still be able to find proof. I’m beginning to think the 1200 is another exaggerated number by the Zionist Nationalists of Israel. I saw some rooms with blood and what looked like some bodies under sheets, but that was all. No people set on fire or raped or decapitated. If someone has evidence please share it.
Citizen, I read your comment then did my own investigation and like you failed to find true evidence on the web. I don’t know about TV. I don’t watch it, but there’s no evidence ON THE WEB for the claims Jews make on the Oct 7 events. In fact it’s a joke. Here for instance, look at this report, which should be laughed out of existence from before our eyes. The absurdity is beyond belief: From the New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-devastation-of-beeri?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_102023&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_term=tny_daily_digest&bxid=5f5d5031acee2f1d101899d5&cndid=62131449&hasha=7700e73ed807ec0a618fde37c597dd53&hashb=42d91af9a44a78ad156c9e4e72ca45c8519d5330&hashc=cff3f1ba41000b792dc892f6cda8cdf93a77064eba42e7a2f7b4e99a2c2ae172&esrc=subscribe-page&mbid=CRMNYR012019
Here’s another. It’s comical:
https://www.manisteenews.com/news/world/article/after-a-hard-fight-to-clear-militants-israeli-18420771.php#photo-24329404
I’ve found similar nonsense by United Press International (UPI), Business Insider, CNN, and NPR. All these news organizations failed us. We cannot trust them.
The Palestinians in Gaza have been virtual prisoners of Israel since Israel imposed its land, sea and air siege on the enclave in 2007. This siege was and is illegal under international law and amounts to a crime against humanity on a large scale. What the militants of the besieged Gaza did was a bold move to break the criminal siege.
However, the loss of life that occurred in the operation at that time is very saddening as I oppose the killing of any human being, which Israel has been mercilessly doing since 1948. The present Israeli war on Gaza, the destruction of its infrastructure and the indiscriminate killing of thousands of people there is something only lawless Zionists may defend, but for the rest of humanity they are a flagrant violation of international law and total disregard of the basic norms of humanity.