War?

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What is happening in Gaza? They keep referring to it as a "war" but as far as I can see, it is not a war at all. It is an obliteration, a persecution, a mass humiliation, a payback like never before - but not a "war". The term "war" suggests two enemies battling for supremacy and ultimate victory but in Gaza the current brutal episode all appears very much one-sided.

Israel has nearly all the chips - mostly American weaponry and even bulldozers with which they have been vindictively flattening entire Gazan neighbourhoods. The cityscape of Gaza now looks pretty much like Hiroshima after it had been nuked.

It seems quite flabbergasting to me that Israel is now playing a key role in the distribution of vital food aid in Gaza. Is that what generally happens in "war" - with those who have the upper-hand simultaneously providing aid  to beleaguered enemy citizens? I think not. No wonder hundreds of Gazans have been tragically killed in their desperate quest for sustenance.

Today. the BBC News said this: "Israel's security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take control of Gaza City" so instead of the barbarous offensive being toned down, it is instead being ramped up. Given what has taken place thus far, such an up-scaling seems nigh on impossible to visualise  but there we have it.

By standing idly by thus far, Trump has effectively given Netanyahu carte blanche to perform what history will call genocide. But the truth is that Netanyahu will never extinguish the Palestinian spirit and the legacy of all this cruelty will, in time, inevitably ignite some kind of painful retribution. Netanyahu will probably not be around when that time comes.
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