Israel Arrests 44 Palestinian’s Every Single Day (5 of them children) For 48 Years
In late 2014 the top brass of the British army were in serious
disagreement with each other over the purpose of why British troops were
sent to fight in Afghanistan and indeed of the whole enterprise
The same can be said of Iraq. The purpose of the Chilcot Inquiry was to ask exactly the same question – “how and why did Britain go to war”.
In both these conflicts there is a common denominator – lack of
clarity as to why Britain waged war on largely defenceless civilians.
Back in March this year, the Washington DC-based Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PRS) released a landmark study
concluding that the death toll from 10 years of the “War on Terror”
since the 9/11 attacks (where the victim toll was 2,977), could be as
high as 2 million.
Yet the international community has
clarity on one Middle Eastern country. Since 1948, Israel has engaged in
thirteen conflicts against neighbouring countries, often involving
multiple adversaries such as; Egypt (5 times) Iraq (3 times), Jordan (2
times), Syria (4 times), Lebanon (2 times), Algeria, Morocco, Kuwait and
Tunisia.
In 1948, Israel killed
nearly 20,000 Palestinians and several thousand Arab soldiers;
thousands more were killed in 1956-7. In 1973 15,000 Egyptians, 6,000
Jordanians and 1,000 Syrians were killed and more than a half million
Palestinians were displaced.
