We are dealing with a multi-million dollar sophisticated PR machinery where everyone from Israeli diplomats to army officials to government ministers are trained in the art of public speaking, disinformation and PR spin.
We at The Gaza Fund therefore have come up with what we have coined “Kill Switch Arguments“, brief factual points that should leave anyone with little else to say.
#1:
Why are there up to 250+ NGOs, Civil Society Groups, Human Rights Organisations like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty Int’l, Oxfam, Doctors without Borders, etc., that have published detailed reports and statements repeatedly condemning Israel for its occupation, apartheid and alleged war crimes? Either all of them are collectively lying or Israel is.
#2:
Why do tens of thousands of Jews around the word, outside Israel support Palestine, or at the very least, Palestinian human rights?
#3:
Why did Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Che Guevara, Malcom X, Mahatma Gandhi all support the Palestinian cause for freedom, and were openly critical of Israel?
#4:
Why is there an Israeli organisation called Breaking the Silence (a group with 1000+ ex-IDF soldiers) whose aim is to expose to the public the daily reality of the occupation and Israeli military rule over the Palestinian civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian territories?
#5:
55% of historical Palestine was carved out by Britain and given to Israel in 1947, while Palestinians were given 45%. Today, Israel controls 97%+ of historical Palestine. Who exactly is wiping who off the map?
#6:
Why are there two sets of laws? One civilian law for Israelis and the other military courts for Palestinians living in Occupied Palestinian Territories?
#7:
If Israel is really “promised land” for the Jews, why did European Zionist consider Argentina, Uganda, Cyprus and Madagascar before settling on present-day Israel?
#8:
Why did Albert Einstein in 1952 refuse to become the President of Israel? Was it not because he favoured a binational state in which Jews and Arabs could live together with equal rights, rather than a purely Jewish state?
#9:
70,000+ Palestinians and 2,000+ Israelis have been killed over the last 15 years (since 2008). Did disproportional violence against Palestinians make it better or worse for Israel?
#10:
By claiming Hamas (est. in 1987) is the problem in Gaza and must be destroyed for peace to flourish negates the fact that Hamas is not in power in the West Bank and East Jerusalem – yet these remain flashpoints for Israel (est. in 1948). Why?
#11:
Gaza is not the first ever, war zone. Why are international journalists not allowed to enter Gaza to witness and report on the situation themselves? What is Israel trying to hide?
#12:
How many prisoners in Israeli Prisons has the International Red Cross been allowed to visit since 7 October?
#13:
Why have over 13 U.S officials resigned from the U.S government over the Israeli genocide in Gaza (according to Reuters)?
#14:
Israel likes to claim it is a victim but what kind of victim blocks aid trucks and intentionally starve millions of people?
#15:
Israel had 77 years to prove it should exist. Instead, it has shown it can only survive if it continues the illegal occupation, apartheid, siege, blockade and embargo of Palestine. To survive, Zionist Israel has to kill, kill & kill. There is no other way.