Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:25:10 +0500

It has been 11 days - 264 hours of continuous killing, bloodshed, hunger, deprivation and absolute chaos. The people inhibiting the 25 mile long strip of Gaza are being slaughtered. Innocent men, women and children with no desire to engage in the complicated politics of the region are falling victim to the bombardment of gunfire, missiles and rockets on their homes. For them, there is no escape; no assurance that they will be alive in the next hour or whether, targeted by the Israeli forces, their bodies will lie scarred and burnt amidst their families and loved ones.

For days, we have seen nothing else on the television but the torturing images of innocent civilians crying out for anyone to come to their aid, to put an end to the calamity; the pictures of a man robbed of his children, or children, orphaned in a split second, not understanding why the world just simply waits and watches as their entire community is being targeted. I can assure you, that no matter what the Israeli leaders claim, there is no way a 5 year old child is aiding the Hamas ‘militants’. Yet, they are the ones to fall, leaving behind them, the ones that will continue to suffer. In Gaza, there is no place for the people to seek asylum, with even the UN sanctuaries being blown apart by the Israeli force. There is no aid reaching them; not food; not clean water, not electricity, not medicines, absolutely nothing. The great ‘leaders’ of the world watch this atrocity go on from their heavily protected homes, hotels, offices. They choose not to act; surely they can not be waiting for this to blow over? Or perhaps, they assume the entire population of Gaza will be wiped out soon, thus saving them from the inconvenience of doing something to prevent the massacre. The outgoing administration of the United States is in staunch support of Israel getting rid of the ‘terrorists’ that reside in Gaza, choosing to overlook the fact that 89 of the murdered were children and over 30, women; these just being the confirmed deaths, there are likely to be plenty more lying undiscovered in the streets. Many countries have expressed their ‘concern’ over the ongoing situation and called for an immediate cease-fire. This will, no doubt, raise a conscience among the Israelis and put an end to the mass killings. Of course if there were ever to be an event in which their families and relatives were targeted they would also simply ‘express their grave concern’ about that too, but fail to do anything about it. Only utter fools could believe that. The failure of even ONE nation, be it a Muslim one or not, just goes to show the utter lack of humanity in today’s world.

Expressing words of pity, or even demonstrations are not enough to knock sense into the people who run our countries. If they are not ready to speak up and condemn Israel for its actions for the fear of the United States, then they are certainly not fit to represent their nations. They have sold themselves to the US administration, and are on their knees, like dogs, following its every command. Only when the United States takes action against Israel, will they follow suit. That could be a very long wait indeed, since the US, along with Israel, has even denied claims of international aid agencies, of the situation ongoing in Gaza as a humanitarian ‘crisis’. Even though, some nations have at least acknowledged the ridiculously appalling circumstances in the Gaza strip, they wait for the United States to make the first move.

The Arab leaders have proved themselves incompetent to deal with the situation, by refusing to take a stand for the Palestinians; The Egyptians have allied with the Israelis to close the Rafah Border Crossing with Gaza, leaving no means of escape for the innocent, allowing no aid to reach them; The United Nation Security Council has failed to come to an agreement on how to deal with the current destruction of human lives; The United States have uttered no words against the onslaught. For now, the Israeli politicians carry on to send troops inside Gaza in a bid to gain maximum popularity before their upcoming elections, as the entire world witnesses another holocaust take place before their very eyes.
Blood is shed, lives are lost and families are destroyed every second and in response, we wait for the news bulletin to see when the next ‘emergency’ meeting to discuss the current state of affairs will be held. As for them, they simply continue to ignore the Gazans’ plea for help, and let the children cry, mothers die, as fear encompasses their every move.