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| A sign of Spanish origin advocating for Gaza freedom (x) |
In June of 2014, three Israeli teens were kidnapped in the
West Bank and the government of Israel took to blaming Hamas (current sources
find it was the actions of Qawasameh). The Israeli Defense Forces began an
initiative of searching and arresting Hamas leaders (known as Operation
Brother's Keeper) and then instated Operation Protective Edge, which involved
weeks of bombarding Palestine. The war lasted 50 days and has since reached a
ceasefire but the after-effects of this combat have been devastating. Makarim
Wibisono, a Palestinian- based human rights watchdog has published results on
the experience of Gaza residents. The excessive Israeli force has left 1,479
civilians dead and 11,231 injured. Wibisono stressed the impact this action has
caused on children and found wide-spread evidence of trauma, not to mention the
228 schools damaged, 60,000 civilians living in shelters and the critical
shortage of medical resources. Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, spoke of
the events as a "genocide" and "accused Israel of planning
'ghettos for Palestinians on fragmented land, without borders and without
sovereignty over its airspace, water and natural resources, which will be under
the subjugation of the racist settlers and army of occupation, and at worst
will be a most abhorrent form of apartheid.'" Many countered that this language
was harsh and unhelpful. Wibisono comments that “Israel’s claim of self-defense
against an occupied population living under a blockade considered to be illegal
under international law is untenable."
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