Palestinian cause gaining traction due to Israel’s abuses, starvation policy
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, has explained that the Israeli government’s attacks against countries that have voiced condemnation of its Gaza war don’t hold water.
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the leaders of France, the UK and Canada of “emboldening” Hamas after they released a statement warning they would take action against Israel if it didn’t stop its bombing and blockade of Gaza.
“It is the policies, it is the genocide that unravels every day on TV screens that is causing such animosity towards Israel,” Bishara said.
“The Palestinian cause is gaining traction around the world not because of Hamas, but because of Israel’s violations of international law, Israel’s violation of human rights in Gaza, Israel’s starvation policy,” he added.
“People are getting sick and tired after 19 months of genocide by this Israeli government. Public opinion is boiling and governments are trying to catch up – except in Washington.”
Israel ‘kicking genocide into overdrive while world watches’: CAIR
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on US President Donald Trump’s administration to act as Israel continues to pummel Gaza with unrelenting attacks.
“Every day, Palestinian civilians are being massacred and even the few standing residential buildings are being destroyed with families inside,” the advocacy group said in a statement.
“The Israeli government has openly announced its genocidal intent. The Trump administration must realize that Benjamin Netanyahu and his government of racist mass murderers are not interested in peace and must be stopped immediately.”
The US provides Israel with at least $3.8bn in military aid annually, and it has given its ally billions more since the Israeli military began its war on Gaza.
Canada’s opposition NDP urges PM to sanction Netanyahu
The left-wing New Democratic Party is also calling on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to immediately suspend a free trade agreement with Israel over its abuses against Palestinians.
“The current humanitarian blockade and forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza violates every moral code and relevant international legal norms. Bombings, shootings, starvation, dehumanization – Netanyahu and his cabinet are war criminals who must be brought to justice,” NDP MP Heather McPherson said in a statement.
Canada joined France and the UK this week in condemning Israel’s blockade on Gaza and settlement expansion in the West Bank. The countries warned they “will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions”, against Israel.
But McPherson said such threats “ring hollow as thousands more Palestinians are slaughtered indiscriminately and thousands more risk starving to death”.
“The EU and the UK are now revisiting their trade relationships with Israel. Canada must do the same and suspend the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement,” she said.
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