Why is the world turning a blind eye to Gaza’s plight?

The killings of Palestinians and rights violations in Palestine is shameful. Why is US President Donald Trump and the West silent?

Over the past 70 years, since the unjust formation of the Zionist state of Israel, a systematic campaign has been unleashed against a civilian population to drive them out of their homeland. More than 500 villages have been destroyed and more than 70% of the land now with Israel was stolen from Arab Palestinians.

The international community recognizes the rights of Palestinians. However the US-dominated mass media portrays the actions of Palestinians, who are only justifiably defending themselves from acts of aggression and injustice, as acts of terror. Thus, the Trump administration and the American people are just as morally responsible for the oppression of the Palestinian people as is Israel.

Peace is only possible if it is based on justice and respect for international law. Ending the cycle of ongoing and systematic human rights violations is impossible until the root causes of such violations are recognized and combatted. Parallels can be drawn between Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa.

In the occupied Palestinian territories, cruel methods are employed to “exhaust” the communities, exploit and subjugate them, make life so unbearable that Palestinians will leave or communities are destroyed, including evidence of ethnic cleansing methods.

Continued Israeli military aggression amounts to grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention (namely war crimes) and systematic gross violations of human rights. A disproportionate number of women and children have been killed and maimed by Israel.

Crimes perpetrated by the regime against Palestinians are usually inadequately investigated or prosecuted, and there is a bias in sentencing of Palestinians. What a travesty of justice!

American foreign policy (and $30 Billion economic and military aid to Israel) and the contributions of rich Americans are prolonging the sufferings and oppression of the Palestinian people.