Pamelia Riviere:
The Truce Agreement has been Violated
This is an uncertain time for Palestine, especially after the recent hostage transfer. What will happen to the fate of the remaining Palestinians?
Last night, soldiers launched Israeli airstrikes on encircled Gaza. Israel hits two central Gaza refugee camps, killing 175 Palestinians. Israel has violated the ceasefire to kill innocent civilians. The excuse is that Hamas has not transferred enough prisoners. The truce was broken by Israel.
At this moment, Netanyahu is using a cunning strategy; the death of prisoners by Israeli bombs is just a game for him.
Netanyahu’s desperate plan is if the prisoners die in the bombing, then he will blow up the entire Gaza as a pretext to take full possession of Gaza. The world will get a bluff that some Israeli prisoners have lost their lives to kill Hamas.
America knows very well that Israel is not thinking about the release of prisoners at the moment at all. Killing the Palestinians ultimately, wanting to take over Gaza! But the world and the Arabs are sleeping awake. But Israel is adopting a radical political approach, breaking the international rules of war.
In the future, the Arabs and intellectual world should be alert to Netanyahu’s cunningness, his crocodile tears, and his false act about the dead prisoners. It should be remembered that if the prisoners die in Israel’s attack on Southern Gaza, America and Israel will be responsible for Netanyahu’s stubborn decision, not Hamas or dead Palestinian civilians and children.
A new Nakba or Nuclear Weapons
Israel had a vicious plan to use nuclear weapons in the 1967 War as a Plan B, we all know. What if Israel has the same sinister plan now to eliminate the entire Palestinians, a new Nakba, using nuclear weapons as a plan A. This is a possible weapon Israel will not hesitate to use on the Muslim world, who participate in World War III to destroy their archenemies, the Palestinians, and the Arabs.
The Six-Day War, which occurred from June 5–10, 1967, was the Third Arab-Israeli War. Israel won decisive victories, capturing the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and Golan Heights. The subsequent occupation of these territories became a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel defeated the Arabs in just six days due to their strategic weakness.
Benjamin Netanyahu created the most extreme Israeli government since the occupation of Palestine in 1948. The Netanyahu government includes two of the most racist and extremist politicians, Itamar Ben-Gavir and Bezael, the head of the Otzma Yehudit party. Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism Party. Extremists Ben-Gavir and Smotrich are planning a genocide, a new Nakba against the Palestinians!
If Israel had the same plan now, it could use nuclear weapons as Plan A to exterminate the entire Palestinian population! Since their main goal is to occupy all of Palestine and eliminate the Palestinians, this is a possible weapon Israel will not hesitate to use to destroy their archenemies. Hamas is just an excuse.
The US’s Role and Liberation War 1971
Biden and the US administration have shown unwavering support for Israel from 1948 to 2023. The US may give Israel a green signal to ethnic cleansing, wipe out the Palestinians in the disguise of Hamas killing.
The Awami League, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won the 1970 election. Despite his majority, Pakistan denied Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the Prime Minister position. During a period of political unrest in the 1970s, the US allegedly signaled to Pakistan to take action against the Hindu ethnic community and Bengali intellectuals in order to change the demographic makeup of the region. The goal was to prevent Bengalis from becoming a majority and having a stronger voice in future elections. The US even attempted to use Pakistan as a mediator to form an alliance with China during that time.
During the Liberation War of Bangladesh, the United States was directly in favour of Pakistan! Since Bangladesh has a sizeable Hindu population (number of voters) and, moreover, Bengali Muslims are secular and liberal, West Pakistan created a civil war by making false claims that Islam was not practiced adequately in East Pakistan in Bangladesh. America gave full consent and support to the killing of Hindus directly and indirectly by West Pakistan. America has been doing the same thing since 1948, giving unstinting support to the Palestinians to kill the Palestinians.
During a crucial time in history, America indicated to Pakistan that they should take action against the Bengalis in East Pakistan. The intention was to prevent Bengalis from having a majority and gaining a strong political voice in future elections. Meanwhile, Pakistan was also acting as a mediator to form an alliance with China as part of their preparation for a potential military confrontation with India.
The US deployed the 7th fleet to intervene in Pakistan’s civil/religious war, using the guise of humanitarianism to justify their far-reaching plans of economic domination.
At America’s beck and call, Israel could use its military and Mossad forces to attack Gaza on a massive scale. And only after the handover of hostages will the primary goal of evacuating Gaza and occupying the land succeed.
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The author is an anthropologist, sociologist, environmentalist, and peace and conflict resolution educator! She completed her PhD research in curriculum and pedagogy (peace and conflict resolution through science) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto.