I had planned other themes that I wanted to speak about, but I guess everything else can wait.
I am writing this today on the 21 st of July 2014, the day that followed the largest number of casualties (to date) as a consequence of Operation Protective Edge which was launched by Israel two weeks ago against Gaza. The immediate cause cited for the offence was the murder of 3 Israelis teenagers. As of right now, more than 425 Palestinians and 18 Israelis have been killed in the the operation launched by Israel. To say that the conflict appears to be one sided can be seen by the number of casualties on both sides. and with Iron Dome, the protector of the realms, the damage to Israel has been extremely limited. It should be maintained here that I do not expect Israel to wait for casualties and then take offence, but the type of offence as of right now, has been mercilessly and magnificently disproportionate.
Another thing that I have come across is the "qualitative military edge" which is an aid program of the government of the US for Israel. This seeks to maintain the level of the Israeli military to a point that is required to ward off danger from one specific country or a coalition of countries in the middle east "while sustaining minimal damage and casualties". I note it here to establish the level of sophistication that the Israeli army has and then to compare it with the military ability of a group of refugees with an extremely limited military capacity (the best "Qasam" rocket fired by the Hamas has a range of 16 km) and territory which is a mere 360 square kilometres. It is outrageously appalling to me.
Recently there were pro-Palestinian protests in London, Paris and some other cities. The way that Arutz Sheva, an Isralis news agency, reported it was by calling those protests "Anti-Semitic". I cant think of anything that could be further from the truth. The protests were ONLY meant to pressurize Israel into abandoning the ground offensive and should not under any circumstance be called anti Semitic. Interestingly though, I have been following the websites of Arutz Sheva, BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera and I have learnt that opinions are largely dependent on what website(or news source) a person may happen to follow.
Lastly, speaking of Anti Semitism, there are some points I would like to make. First and foremost I really respect the Jews because they have been instrumental in humanity's advance in many a fields including but not limited to science, astronomy, medicine, music and the arts. They have also gone through at least one of the worst human tragedies that humanity has as of date concocted for which humans all over feel sorry about. However as such, I had honestly hoped that as a group of people, they would have the utmost respect and concern for human life and suffering, but it brings me to tears to find out that it is not the case.
p.s I understand this post might get me into trouble, but I have to say this.
I am writing this today on the 21 st of July 2014, the day that followed the largest number of casualties (to date) as a consequence of Operation Protective Edge which was launched by Israel two weeks ago against Gaza. The immediate cause cited for the offence was the murder of 3 Israelis teenagers. As of right now, more than 425 Palestinians and 18 Israelis have been killed in the the operation launched by Israel. To say that the conflict appears to be one sided can be seen by the number of casualties on both sides. and with Iron Dome, the protector of the realms, the damage to Israel has been extremely limited. It should be maintained here that I do not expect Israel to wait for casualties and then take offence, but the type of offence as of right now, has been mercilessly and magnificently disproportionate.
Another thing that I have come across is the "qualitative military edge" which is an aid program of the government of the US for Israel. This seeks to maintain the level of the Israeli military to a point that is required to ward off danger from one specific country or a coalition of countries in the middle east "while sustaining minimal damage and casualties". I note it here to establish the level of sophistication that the Israeli army has and then to compare it with the military ability of a group of refugees with an extremely limited military capacity (the best "Qasam" rocket fired by the Hamas has a range of 16 km) and territory which is a mere 360 square kilometres. It is outrageously appalling to me.
Recently there were pro-Palestinian protests in London, Paris and some other cities. The way that Arutz Sheva, an Isralis news agency, reported it was by calling those protests "Anti-Semitic". I cant think of anything that could be further from the truth. The protests were ONLY meant to pressurize Israel into abandoning the ground offensive and should not under any circumstance be called anti Semitic. Interestingly though, I have been following the websites of Arutz Sheva, BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera and I have learnt that opinions are largely dependent on what website(or news source) a person may happen to follow.
p.s I understand this post might get me into trouble, but I have to say this.
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