Ronnie's Blog

Life in Palestine

 

In the absence of oppressive governments, would there be any terrorists, rebels or dissidents anywhere?

If the UK was invaded by another state, and we were thrown out of our homes so that “settlers” from other parts of the world could move in, would we be terrorists if we rebelled? If we were ordered to demolish our homes, or go to prison, would we be called terrorists if we fought back?

In 1930s Germany, the Gestapo invaded houses in the middle of the night and took people away for interrogation. In Palestine the fear and terror of such an event is far greater, because the Israelis take the children away. This inflicts far more pain than physically torturing the parents.

If another state was occupying the UK, and was guilty of abuse on our women and children, including rape, who would the terrorists be?

If the UK was occupied by people who inflicted never-ending cruelty on us, every day of our lives, while businesses from other countries made massive profits out of our resources, would we be terrorists if we retaliated?

No, the occupying force would be the terrorists.

 

Israel helped with the creation of Hamas to counter the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) during the 1980s. Their cunning divide and rule plan was not so cunning, and it backfired on them.

For more details watch Blowback on The Intercept.

 

If a large part of the UK was turned into an open-air concentration camp like Gaza, would other countries tolerate it?

If ethnic cleansing was being conducted in the UK by an occupying state and we fought back, would other countries say that we are terrorists, and that the occupying state has “a right to defend itself” when they commit genocide.

No, that would be absurd.

It is even more absurd that a large part of the problem in Palestine, is because of people in the UK, and their mates on the other side of the Atlantic.