Amnesty International, in their damning article, flat out considers the situation in Gaza a genocide. The organization doesn’t use the phrases ‘war crimes’ or ‘excessive force’ to describe Israel’s attack on Gaza, but considers it outright genocide. This is horrendous in and of itself, but for those living in the US and the UK it gets worse.
The US is nakedly allied with Israel. As far as I can gather, the UK doesn’t have a formal alliance but a dizzying myraid of financial and military ties to Israel, including ‘defense’ contracts. This means that a percentage of the tax revenue from these countries literally contributes to genocide, an internationally recognized crime.
The standards of the Rebel Warrior Movement are quite clear. Regimes committing or supporting war crimes, and regimes who violate international or internal law, are operating without meaningful consent of the population.
Context
For those who don’t know, the Gaza strip is a densely populated piece of land along the eastern Mediterranean coast. The region it resides in is known as Palestine or Israel, depending on who you ask. This region has a long history and plenty of activity in the Bronze age and Iron age. Parts of it, such as Jerusalem, are sacred for the three Abrahamic religions.
For a while it was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire; a colossal Muslim regime which saw the end of the Romans and whose legacy now resides in modern Turkey. The British and various other powers defeated the Ottomans and set a legislative framework for the region, known as Mandatory Palestine.
In and around 1948, the State of Israel was legislated into existence by the British and United nations. This manifested by violently displacing about 80% of the population of what was then Mandatory Palestine, specifically separating Muslims from Jews.
This was in the context of the aftermath of the Second World War and the Holocaust, so the Jewish population of Palestine would have no doubt been highly traumatized and stressed. The importance of this cannot be overstated, as trauma can be used to manufacture ‘consent’ for actions that the population would otherwise not agree to.
Since then, the Palestinian Arabs have been confined to small patches of land that appear to dwindle year on year. Currently, two such pieces remain; West Bank and Gaza.
Resistance and ‘resistance’
Since the horrendous attacks on Israeli civilians on October 7th 2023, allegedly in response for the continuous brutal occupation of the state of Israel, the Gaza Strip has suffered what any sane observer would consider a disproportionate measure at the minimum. Officially, the death toll since 2023 is over 70,000, an order of magnitude higher than 1,200 civilians and combatants reportedly killed on October 7th. This looks like an atrocity at the bare minimum at face value.
Incidentally, if the October 7th slaughter is what it is claimed to be, which is resistance to occupation by Hamas, it needs to be called out ESPECIALLY in hindsight. Those resisting oppressive regimes should be held to a high standard, indiscriminately slaughtering civilians is not a form of ‘resistance’ the Rebel Warrior Movement will ever support. The Israeli regime appears to be using these attacks to justify the carpet bombing and ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip, so this act of ‘resistance’ has massively contributed to what is happening now in Gaza.
However, the same applies to the Israeli regime, especially as the alleged ‘response’ involves a staggeringly high number of civilians in comparison to the trigger event. An attack is not a justification of atrocities, ever.
In London, some form of protest against the attacks on Gaza is happening almost daily. I have personally verified this. Like Amnesty International, most protesters consider Israels treatment of Gaza (and west bank) a literal genocide. Overall, they call for at a bare minimum an end for support of the atrocities by the UK government and related businesses and institutions. Members of the public not involved in these protests frequently cheer, as they are clearly disgusted by what appears to be taking place.
Protests are often subject to increasingly brutal policing, with various Arabic words being outlawed and used as justification for arrest. I have verified that people are being arrested and charged for alleged ‘terrorism’ offenses, even though they do not use violence and are actually protesting against terrorism (a necessary component of any atrocity). The protestors appear to be doing what they feel they can to resist grave atrocities despite the risks, as is fairly natural of a compassionate population.
The implications of this in terms of meaningful consent of the population to be governed in the UK are grave. A monumental effort by swathes of the population cannot stop the UK government supporting atrocities. Not only that, but peaceful protestors are actively being targeted by law enforcement. This flat out negates the notion that the United Kingdom is ruled by meaningful consent of the population.
Evidence pack
Should you take what I am writing at face value? Absolutely not. Serious claims like I am making require a substantial amount of evidence, and a few paragraphs hardly suffices for the purpose. In the next couple of months, I will deep dive into this issue, and convincingly prove it one way or another. If what I am saying is completely off the mark, I will gladly admit it.
Expect a clearly presented, high standard of verifiable proof. I will take serious challenges to what I present and alter my conclusion if I get something wrong. Additionally, I am happy to call out misinformation from anyone involved, including activists of all sides.
The gravity of this situation cannot be overstated. If my preliminary observations are correct, the UK government are contributing to an evil that would leave its population reeling in disgust like the Germans after the Holocaust.