By any account, the current ongoing humanitarian tragedy in Gaza today needs thorough analysis, to objectively understand the causes as to why this ongoing issue continues, and ordinary people suffer.
There are many perspectives and viewpoints, some valid, others not, the fact remains that most Palestinians are being horrendously treated in the war, with 30,000 women and children killed.
The scale of this conflict is disproportionate against the Palestinian people, who are the oppressed victims of historical injustices between bigger imperialist players – USA, United Kingdom, France – each of which have for geopolitical reasons aligned themselves with Israel.
The coalition Netanyahu Israeli government, made up of extreme ultraorthodox messianic Jewish and other far-right politicians, holds incredible sway over the government, to prevent the government from collapsing and Netanyahu facing criminal charges.
Internationally, university students, especially in the US, have set up encampments to highlight solidarity and protest in relation to the plight and suffering of the Palestinian people. These are reminiscent of the Vietnam war student demonstrations, building an anti-war movement.
As public opinion shifts, and critical mass builds more pressure by ordinary people on politicians to hold governments to account for their complicity in this unjust war against the Palestinian people, it only tells that soon Palestinians will be truly a free and independent people.
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