Anthony Aguilar, who worked at the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), says the child kissed his hand and thanked him before he was shot dead by Israeli forces
They’ll be writing about this event in 50 years and asking why in the fuck the rest of the world just stood by and let a maniacal country just get away with all this. Not just allow them to do it but also fund, support and arm them to do all this.
Isreal is representative of just how depraved our world has become.
I’m not taking the blame for this one it’s all IDF. A significant proportion of the general population have vocalised their disgust. At this point it’s those pulling the trigger and their bosses who are at fault. No one else wants this apart from the IDF
Most people (though probably less of a majority than you think) don’t want this, but far too many are willing to indirectly fund it, arm it, defend it and suppress resistance to it through their governments. Like, a lot of this is happening with Westerners’ tax money, and there are things that can be done beyond complain.
If you’re actually interested, you can look around here for non-drastic action most people in Western countries can take regarding Palestine. Also, there are various levels of civil disobedience methods that can be used to compel governments, especially local governments (a lot more can be done locally than you might think*), to act, and of course striking is always an option. Not that I’m telling you to suddenly become a full-time activist for Palestine; with the current state of the West these are things y’all should be doing anyway, with Palestine action simply another thing to demand from the government and the rich. The fact that there’s no grassroots political infrastructure to respond to an actual genocide would be a problem even if said genocide wasn’t happening.
*Since Israel can’t trade with its immediate neighbors for obvious reasons, it relies pretty heavily on the international market and especially the West. This means that you can start as small as getting your local supermarket to stop stocking Israeli goods (or goods from easier-to-avoid complicit companies) and still get something done, and you might even inspire someone else to do the same.
The primary enabler of Israeli crimes is the American public. Not every single person of course, from my time living in the US, both the local far right and centre right are complicit.
Realisticly, the best way forward would be to end the recognition of the Israel colonialist regime, ban all economic, logistical and communication links and start catching and prosecuting war criminals.
But for most countries, this is not possible, since America will annihilate you economically if you take such actions.
And the responsibility for this lies with the American public. And this includes the centre right.
I remember learning about the Rwandan genocide in high school. We learned how the world was well aware of what was going on, but every nation and the UN refused to use the word “genocide” because that meant they had a legal obligation to do something. I remember wondering how on Earth all of the developed nations of the world witnessed this and did nothing; how was there not more outcry?
And now here we are, living through a very similar scenario. History repeats itself yet again.
Agreed. Until we force our governments, who are the only ones who can do something about it, to act, we are just as complicit as those pulling the trigger. That so many refuse to stand up and push back against governments supporting genocide and Holocaust 2.0 is a terrible outlook on our future as humans in general. More voices need to ring out yet here we are. Making sure we get to work every day so our overlords can make more money and hire more slaves like us.
Yeah … this isn’t Israel’s fault entirely.
We’re all complicit in this genocide.
They’ll be writing about this event in 50 years and asking why in the fuck the rest of the world just stood by and let a maniacal country just get away with all this. Not just allow them to do it but also fund, support and arm them to do all this.
Isreal is representative of just how depraved our world has become.
I’m not taking the blame for this one it’s all IDF. A significant proportion of the general population have vocalised their disgust. At this point it’s those pulling the trigger and their bosses who are at fault. No one else wants this apart from the IDF
Most people (though probably less of a majority than you think) don’t want this, but far too many are willing to indirectly fund it, arm it, defend it and suppress resistance to it through their governments. Like, a lot of this is happening with Westerners’ tax money, and there are things that can be done beyond complain.
What can the average person do in this case other than protest?
BDS
If you’re actually interested, you can look around here for non-drastic action most people in Western countries can take regarding Palestine. Also, there are various levels of civil disobedience methods that can be used to compel governments, especially local governments (a lot more can be done locally than you might think*), to act, and of course striking is always an option. Not that I’m telling you to suddenly become a full-time activist for Palestine; with the current state of the West these are things y’all should be doing anyway, with Palestine action simply another thing to demand from the government and the rich. The fact that there’s no grassroots political infrastructure to respond to an actual genocide would be a problem even if said genocide wasn’t happening.
*Since Israel can’t trade with its immediate neighbors for obvious reasons, it relies pretty heavily on the international market and especially the West. This means that you can start as small as getting your local supermarket to stop stocking Israeli goods (or goods from easier-to-avoid complicit companies) and still get something done, and you might even inspire someone else to do the same.
We voted for pro israeli leaders sorry we still have a certsin degree of responssbility
The primary enabler of Israeli crimes is the American public. Not every single person of course, from my time living in the US, both the local far right and centre right are complicit.
Realisticly, the best way forward would be to end the recognition of the Israel colonialist regime, ban all economic, logistical and communication links and start catching and prosecuting war criminals.
But for most countries, this is not possible, since America will annihilate you economically if you take such actions.
And the responsibility for this lies with the American public. And this includes the centre right.
So, both of the political parties?
Both far right and centre right.
I remember learning about the Rwandan genocide in high school. We learned how the world was well aware of what was going on, but every nation and the UN refused to use the word “genocide” because that meant they had a legal obligation to do something. I remember wondering how on Earth all of the developed nations of the world witnessed this and did nothing; how was there not more outcry?
And now here we are, living through a very similar scenario. History repeats itself yet again.
Agreed. Until we force our governments, who are the only ones who can do something about it, to act, we are just as complicit as those pulling the trigger. That so many refuse to stand up and push back against governments supporting genocide and Holocaust 2.0 is a terrible outlook on our future as humans in general. More voices need to ring out yet here we are. Making sure we get to work every day so our overlords can make more money and hire more slaves like us.