As tensions escalate in Israel/Palestine, the casualties, typically, are disproportionate--with at least 28 Palestinians, including ten children killed versus two Israelis.
The US State Department is careful to affirm Israeli’s right of self-defense. Yet, The question remains do Palestinians have the same right, as they continue to be colonized off the map?
How long will Israel continue to get away with their war crimes, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing?
Not all are deceived, however, by the bully Israel playing the role of victim, such as this MSNBC oped piece which challenges the distorted narrative.
What’s sad and frustrating is that Israel could not act with such impunity without the moral, financial and military backing of the United States.
As a case in point, the ruthless Benjamin Netanyahu has said: Israel would increase both the intensity of the attacks and the rate of attacks.
Particularly distressing is that this violence should take place during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, fueled by Jewish settlers plans to evict Palestinian families from their neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
Moreover, Israeli police used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets on Palestinians, as they prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Around 300 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces at this holy site in Jerusalem.
Could you, peacefully, endure such systematic humiliation and stand by, peacefully, as your home and memories were stolen from you?
The slogan we heard, recently “No justice, no peace" in connection to Black Lives Matter also applies, here:
Until the evictions, unequal rights, and pervasive discrimination in Jerusalem end, clashes will continue.
