The reactions to the rescue highlight the double standards again, as well as zero value for Palestinian lives by US and UK. When Russia botches a rescue operation it's full condemnation. Israel kills hundreds (death toll stands at 210 already, +400 injured) they get congratulations.
UK’s PM happy to see rescue of four Israeli captives
Rishi Sunak says on X that the rescue of four Israeli captives from the Nuseirat area, where Israeli attacks killed at least 210 Palestinians and wounded 400, is a “huge relief”.
It is “heartwarming to see the pictures of them reunited with their families”, he continued, without mentioning the unusually high death toll from today’s Isralei attacks on the Gaza Strip.
“We will continue to strive towards an end to the fighting as well as safety and security for all”, he added.
Fuck you Sunak, there's no relief here. I also feel sorry for the hostages that will have to live with survivor's guilt for the rest of their lives.
US State Department welcomes rescue of four captives
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the “United States will not rest until every hostage is returned home”.
“The proposal that President Biden outlined eight days ago would bring relief to both the people of Gaza and the remaining hostages and their families through an immediate ceasefire,” he said in a statement.
Blinked said the truce “could lead to the release of all hostages, a surge of humanitarian assistance, Gaza’s reconstruction, and an enduring end to the war”.
He blamed Hamas for allegedly not accepting the deal. “The only thing standing in the way of achieving this ceasefire is Hamas,” he said.
Fuck you Blinken, pathological liar. Hamas already accepted the deal earlier, very similar deal, yet Israel will not accept your deal if it can lead to an actual lasting ceasefire. There are two things standing in the way of achieving a ceasefire, your unconditional support for genocide and Netanyahu.
UN expert calls out hypocrisy of celebrating captive release
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has taken to X to call out what he deems to be the hypocrisy of those congratulating Israel on its rescue operation that returned four captives while staying silent on the hundreds of Palestinian detainees held in arbitrary detention in Israeli prisons and the thousands killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
He says those who ignore the suffering of Palestinians “have lost moral credibility for generations and don’t deserve to be on any UN human rights body”.
Countries that celebrate the release of four Israeli hostages without saying a word about the hundreds of Palestinians killed and thousands held in arbitrary detention by Israel, have lost moral credibility for generations and don’t deserve to be on any UN human rights body.
— UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing (@adequatehousing) June 8, 2024
Norwegian diplomat condemns ‘massacre’, calls for remaining captives’ release
Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik has responded to reports of “another massacre of civilians in Gaza”, in a post on X.
“Norway condemns attacks on civilians in the strongest terms,” Kravik said.
Appalled by reports of another massacre of civilians in Gaza. Norway condemns attacks on civilians in the strongest terms.
We call for the release of all remaining hostages - now.
We call for a ceasefire - now.
The suffering must end.
— Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik (@akravik79) June 8, 2024
In a separate post, Kravik also welcomed the news that four Israeli captives were “now free and safe” and called for the “immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages”.
Four Israeli hostages are now free and safe, after 8 months in captivity. Norway shares the relief of their families and loved ones.
We call for the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages - now.
We call for a ceasefire - now.
The suffering must end.
— Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik (@akravik79) June 8, 2024
Make up your mind, do you welcome the massacre to rescue four Israeli captives or condemn the massacre to rescue four Israeli captives.
It's the Oslo accords that brought us here. Norway is all talk like the rest of Europe.
EU foreign policy chief says reports from Nuseirat attack ‘appalling’
Josep Borrell says that the European Union condemns “in the strongest terms” the Israeli army attack on the central Gaza refugee camp, which as of this time has killed at least 210 people.
“The bloodbath must end immediately”, he said, adding that US President Joe Biden’s three-stage ceasefire plan, unveiled last week, “is the way forward for an enduring ceasefire and to end the killing”.
Israel could have brought captives home without killing Palestinian children, says actor Guy Pearce
