Israel the aggressor, not Gazans; Condemn Israel’s violence, not Palestinian resistance! “This is not a war. It is genocide”, reads a popular slogan on homemade signs at protests against Israel’s current attack on the Gaza Strip. The body count is enough to illustrate the one-sidedness of the violence. For the first nine days of their assault, Israeli forces pounded the besieged territory from the land, sea and air, but did not send forces in. About 250 people were killed in these nine days. Only one was Israeli. Israeli ground operations that started on July 17 increased the casualty rate for both Palestinians and Israelis. By August 1, 1592 Palestinians and 66 Israelis had been killed, the New York Times said. That is 24 Palestinians killed for every Israeli. Dramatically larger than the disparity between the two sides in overall numbers killed is the disparity in the number of civilians killed. On the Israeli side, only three of the fatalities were civilians — 95% of Israelis killed by Palestinians were combatants. Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem published figures on July 31 that showed that between July 8 and July 30 less than 14% of the Palestinians killed by Israelis were combatants. Three Palestinian combatants have been killed for every Israeli combatant while 473 Palestinian civilians have been killed for every Israeli civilian. About a quarter of the Palestinians killed have been children and adolescents. @ links.org.au/node/3989
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:35:02 +0000
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