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Wringing of Hands – but still enabling Genocide

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As recent days have shown, the lives of foreign aid workers are valued more than those of the 30,000 plus Palestinian people, the majority of them women and children, murdered by the Israeli  Defence Forces in the past six months.

Since the murder of the World’s Kitchen aid workers pressure has been mounting on the Biden administration with Democratic Party senators in the United States calling for a suspension of arms to Israel.

Mounting Pressure 

There are further calls for an end to Israeli airstrikes. Even a number of Tory MPs are demanding a temporary halt to the UK’s supply of war materials. Countries around the world are also adding their names to call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Public outrage against the genocide in Gaza is mounting.

Even the mainstream media is having to revise the way in which it has been reporting Israel’s actions. It may be that we are witnessing a new era in which the appalling violence and destruction being inflicted in Gaza by Israel are now simply too great to for main stream media to deflect and conceal as they have been doing in recent months.

Distractions and Cover Ups 

That does not mean that there are not places for Israel, its allies and supporters, including the mainstream media, to hide, or spaces they will create to cover up their ongoing genocide.

Already, Israel and others are attempting to shift the focus of public opinion to the opening up of aid channels, as if an increase in the trickle of food, water, medicine and supplies is an answer to the continuing air and land bombardments.

It would be naïve to think that either the Israeli government, the US administration, the UK, the EU or NATO are on the brink of halting the slaughter.

Naïve 

The revulsion and rejection of Israel’s campaign is genuine and politically held amongst many millions of people and protest groups throughout the world. It is even a genuine expression of opposition from some governments and individual politicians. However, it would be naïve to think that either the Israeli government, the US administration, the UK, the EU or NATO are on the brink of halting the slaughter.

The reality is likely to be that Israel, with the backing if its allies will simply attempt to ride out the current crisis and continue with ‘business as usual’, as soon as it thinks it can get away with it.

Despite their public statements, their concerns, their internal investigations and the pressure from genuine humanitarians, the reality is likely to be that Israel, with the backing if its allies will simply attempt to ride out the current crisis and continue with ‘business as usual’, as soon as it thinks it can get away with it. The main stream media will quickly follow suit as if nothing had happened.

International Court of Justice 

While the US, the UK, Germany and others continue to arm, supply and underwrite Israel’s assault on Gaza and the Palestinian people they continue to be enablers of genocide. In the very near future, they must be summoned to the International Court of Justice to explain their actions.

UN Resolution Signals Israeli Isolation

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For the first time since Israel began its air and land assaults on Gaza and its people, the United Nations Security Council has passed an immediate ceasefire resolution. It also calls for the release of hostages and emphasises the need for more humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza.

The decision by the United States to abstain rather than veto the resolution marks a significant shift in its relationship with the Netanyahu government and the Israeli Defence Forces.

Protests Changing Public Opinion

The devil will, of course, be in the detail, but we should not underestimate the role of the protests and demonstrations, locally and across the globe and how they have contributed to helping to change public and international opinion and bring political pressure that only a few months ago seemed improbable.

Israel has repeatedly gotten away with flouting UN resolutions in the past. The US will not stop arming the Israeli Defence Forces and the Biden administration will not support any form of sanctions if Israel ignores the UN.

At home and abroad, we should now increase the pressure on Israel to end its campaign of genocide, highlight the early signs of Israel’s isolation on the world stage and persuade those who still remain unconvinced of the need for an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid and compliance with international law.

We Deserve and Demand Immediate Answers

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Workers Party President, Cllr Ted Tynan, has demanded immediate clarification from the Irish Government on the work being undertaken by Collins Aerospace (Cork). The company is a subsidiary of the American based Collins Aerospace which is a supplier of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment and sophisticated arms systems to warring countries, including Israel.

“At a time when the state of Israel is engaged in a genocidal war against the Palestinian people, and in the face of the Irish government’s duplicity on the issue of peace in the Middle East, I have written to the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, the Industrial Development Agency and to the  Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment”, Councillor Tynan said.

“I am seeking immediate clarification on the involvement of Collins Aerospace (Cork), and any other companies based here, in the design, manufacture and export of military equipment including dual-use technology and, in particular, highly sophisticated military guidance systems.

“The arms industry is a dangerous and deadly business that fuels conflict, repression and war and sustains regimes which abuse human rights, all in pursuit of profit. This vile industry does this with the full support of governments,” Cllr Tynan said.

 “Ireland has a tradition of military neutrality which is being increasingly undermined by successive governments and the EU in an attempt to draw this country into the deadly embrace of NATO and its war machine. The people of this country deserve and demand immediate answers,” he concluded.