Israel has unilaterally resumed its genocide in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry revealed that more than 700 people were killed in two days, including nearly 200 children. UN volunteers working for refugees are also among the dead. These attacks, which took place simultaneously in 100 different locations, have become one of the most brutal massacres carried out by Israeli forces in the 15-month war. Netanyahu’s statement that this is the beginning of a new war indicates that this is not going to end soon. By launching airstrikes, sea strikes and partial ground attacks, they demonstrate that they want to keep at least a part of Gaza under Israeli control. Meanwhile, arrests and attacks to completely occupy the West Bank are continuing there. Even during this holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians are being evicted from their homes and Jewish settlers are being allowed to move in. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that the transfer of parts of its civilian population into the territory occupied by Israel is tantamount to a war crime. But Israel has lost the sense of justice to take all of this at face value. The Israeli cabinet has approved military action and Jewish settlement in the Golan Heights, which was captured from Syria, and to conduct military exercises in the area, which will spread unrest throughout the Middle East. An agreement has been reached with Trump for this. In the joy of all this, far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir and his party have decided to give back their support to the Netanyahu government again, which they had withdrawn.
This time, Benjamin Netanyahu has embarked on a Palestinian annihilation plan with the blessing and full support of the United States. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed without hesitation that the Israeli attack, which was chosen at dinner time to maximize the civilian death toll, was carried out after discussions with the Trump administration and the White House. He has also threatened to turn Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Iran, etc. into hell. This means that Trump's second term will greatly destabilize the Middle East. While the world expected that the first phase of the ceasefire would lead to a complete ceasefire, The new war that the United States and Israel have jointly initiated is likely to spread throughout the region. The US attack on the Houthi strongholds in Yemen points to this. The Houthis have fired retaliatory missiles at Israel and American warships. The last 10 years of war in Yemen have proven that although they are weak in weaponry, they are strong in willpower and relentless struggle.
What is happening in Palestine now is not only a brutal genocide but also a global political betrayal that is deplorable. Donald Trump's America is leading it. The nations of the world, on the other hand, have been silent spectators as the lives and livelihoods of two million Gazans are being destroyed by merely issuing blanket statements, or have sided with the hunters who have lost their sense of justice and morality, driven by racial hatred. This makes it clear that the agreements and international treaties signed by the US have no value. The land and lives of the Palestinians should not be an easy way for Netanyahu to escape corruption cases, continue in power, and grow business for Trump and his family. What they are asking the world for is not useless discussions and promises, but strong and just interventions. At a time when the institutions of power are the bearers of racism, ordinary people are rising up as guardians of justice by stirring up the streets. “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians,” Nelson Mandela's words inspired democracies to raise the Palestinian issue as a banner of global justice and anti-racist struggles. Those words should be the fuel to revive our frozen streets with anti-imperialist protests. This is also a time to remind everyone of the historical truth that slavery awaits people who have lost their sense of history and social conscience. If we are giving the next generation the poisonous air of hatred instead of the fresh air of freedom, what else can we do but lament?
