- What exactly is Israel defending itself against? Palestinian resistance against the illegal occupation, the Gaza blockade, roadblocks, nightly raids and the beatings of worshippers at Al Aqsa?
- Why does a country armed with fighter jets, helicopters, battleships, armoured tanks, guided missiles, artillery bombs, RPGs, armed drones and the iron dome air defence system need to defend itself against twirling rockets, rocks and knives?
Fact: In 1947 Israel was given 55% of historical Palestine while Palestinians were given 45%. Today Palestinians have no more than 3% under their control while an astounding 97% is under full control of Israel.
- Can you name another country in the world that is able to illegally expand its territorial borders while claiming it is defending itself?
- Does Russia have a “right to defend itself” in Ukraine? Did the invading Americans have a right of defending itself in Iraq and Afghanistan?
- Where else in the world does the aggressor have the right to defend itself?
THE COLOSSAL HOAX:
- Can I go into someone else’ house and when attacked, launch a counter attack, while claiming the right to defend myself?
- Why is Israel able to make the same exact argument (repeatedly)?
- How is it fair or remotely logical to see one party taking over another party’s parcel of land, and when attacked, claim self-defence?
- Can Russia claim self-defence while operating out of/illegally occupying Ukraine?
Fact: In 1947 Israel was given 55% of historical Palestine while Palestinians were given 45%. Today Palestinians have no more than 3% under their control while an astounding 97% is under full control of Israel.
Israel has hundreds of illegal settlements littered across West Bank and East Jerusalem (internationally known as Occupied Palestinian Territories). Therefore, when attacked on illegally Occupied Palestinian Territories, how can Israel or anyone else for that matter, claim self-defence when by any definition Israel is the aggressor, intruder and illegal occupier?
If no illegal occupier in the world can claim the lopsided argument of “right to self-defence”, why is Israel (with complete, and pervasive impunity) able to get away with it?.
To be clear, Israel has a right to defend itself on 55% of the land unfairly allocated to Israel in 1947 (although this is another can of worms) but in compliance with international norms, Israel has no right to launch any military operations outside proper sovereign Israel, not in Gaza nor in any illegally Occupied Palestinian Territories that rightfully belong to Palestinians.
Therefore if there is anyone who has the right to defend itself, should it not be the occupied (Palestinians) against the occupier (Israel)?