They were once victims of a Holocaust: Really?
by Yamin Zakaria
"It's a horrifyingly sad place (Gaza) because of the desperation and misery of
the way people live. I was unprepared for camps that are much worse than
anything I saw in South Africa." (Edward Said)
The carnage in Gaza follows the carnage in Lebanon, Jenin, and Qana. The list
will continue to grow as Israel with American fuel maintains the onslaught
against the Palestinians and other Arab states. In line with the Jewish
tradition, the Israelis are claiming to be the innocent victim. Just the body
count alone tells the real story of who is the real victim in this asymmetric
conflict.
It is difficult to fathom how a nation can behave in such a belligerent manner
after it had allegedly lost six million in a relatively recent Holocaust, that
took place during the Second World War, and some are still alive from that
episode. If a nation genuinely suffered such losses in one tragic episode,
they would show utmost restraint in killing innocent civilians. Moreover, one
would expect them to be at the forefront in opposing the persecution of another
group of people, let alone engage in such activities.
If it were the Germans instead of the Palestinians, that would make sense, as
vengeance is a natural response. However, the Palestinians and Arabs had no
connection with the Nazis in Germany. Europe commits the crime against the
Jews; the people in the Middle East (Muslims and Christians) pay the price.
This is unjust and illogical. Even more so, when you consider that historically
the Jews have always prospered under Muslim rule, particularly under the
'fundamentalist' Caliphate that was constantly waging Jihad!
>From Istanbul to Granada, the Jews lived happily without facing the regular
>inquisitions and pogroms of Christian Europe. A challenge for the Muslims is
>to convey the facts to the ignorant American masses, undoing the brainwashing
>done by the nasty mass media filled with mini Joseph Gobbles, so that they
>would at least see the Middle East with their two eyes, instead of one, like a
>one-eyed Dajjal.
Israel is claiming that it acted in self-defence, in response to the rockets
fired by Hamas. As if it was entirely a unilateral provocation from Hamas
without any prior cause. Let us assume the Israeli claims to be true. It is
also true that Israel possesses huge technological advantage, with a fully
equipped conventional armed force in comparison to Hamas. Even the analogy of
David and Goliath would not be apt here. Under such circumstances, they should
have sent ground troops, selectively targeting the Hamas fighters. Instead,
they took the easy option, resorted to the aerial bombardment, which is
indiscriminate by its nature, and not surprisingly led to the killing of
innocent civilians and destroyed the infrastructure of the place bringing more
chaos and suffering. Thus, everyone is talking about the cowardly
disproportionate Israeli response.
How is the civilian casualty justified now? Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign
minister, told the US media ""Unfortunately in a war ... sometimes also
civilians pay the price". Then, the same argument should apply when Hamas kills
Israeli civilians, but it does not. If we are to be consistent both sides are
terrorists for engaging in killing civilians, otherwise the label of terrorism
should be discarded as nothing other than a term of war propaganda. It also
follows, the more civilians you kill, the bigger the terrorist you are. So it
is Israel that wins the title here but overall trailing well behind the US.
Indeed, if this situation were reverse, for example, Tel Aviv bombed by Syria
or Iran, the mass media would have gone into a frenzy calling it Arab Terrorism
or Islamic Terrorism. For sure, the UN would have been a lot more active,
producing endless resolutions. If the Muslims can create Islamic terrorism,
surely the Jews can create Judaic terrorism. Accordingly, can the Arabs/Muslims
call the bombing of Gaza as an example of Judaic terrorism or Jewish terrorism?
There are ample grounds to claim, this sort of Israeli action is the product of
the racist, Talmudic laws and values, which considers the gentiles (non-Jews)
to be less than human beings. It is no secret, the Jewish ideology considers
the Jews to be the chosen race of God, and the rest by implication are
something less. Perhaps this is why Israel sees the death of 3 or 4 Jews as
enough to kill 300 or more Palestinians in line with its Judaic based ethos.
Let us not forget Christian terrorism. Iraq can be a prime example of that,
since George Bush, Tony Blair and many others in the US Administration have
openly professed as being devout Christians. According to George Bush, God
inspired him to wage this crusade in Iraq; the WMD was the Holy Grail demanded
by King George Bush. Note the tacit approval of the Vatican and the Orthodox
Church by their silence. For the US, the killing of foreigners in a large scale
has been part of its Secular-Christian heritage, from the genocide of Native
Americans to the Arabs. Historical facts clearly point to that tradition of the
Wild West.
The reality of Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan shows one thing, the Muslims are the
ones being terrorised; they are the victims of state-led terrorism. Let us
apply commonsense and ask: which inflicts more terror, a F16 fighter plane or a
primitive home made rocket? Who has been terrorised, the Jews living in
fortress Israel with 4 or 5 casualties or the Palestinians in Gaza with 400
plus? Truth is indeed the first casualty of war.
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Yamin Zakaria (www.radicalviews.org, [email protected])
London, UK
Copyright © Yamin Zakaria 2009
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