Alamin ISLAM's view on the ongoing conflict between Palestine & Israel || Monday, October 9, 2023;
Palestine is a well-known country located in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. We often witness violence between Israel and Palestine. With the help of the Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government in 1917, the so-called state of Israel was established in the homeland of Palestine in 1948. The state of Israel did not exist before 1948.
Since I started learning about the ongoing situation, I have been noticing Israeli aggression against Palestine. I do not deny that Palestine or Hamas attacks Israel, but in most cases, we witness aggression by Israel. As a student of political science, I believe that if a country is attacked, it has the right to defend itself. Palestinians do so.
If you search YouTube using these keywords: “You are stealing my house“ and “If I don’t steal it, someone else is gonna steal it,” you will get an idea of how Jewish settlers are gradually occupying Palestinian land. Thieves steal household goods, but Jewish settlers steal Palestinian homes.
We rarely see any news about this occupation in the so-called international media, except on Al Jazeera. Every day, Israeli troops, as well as civilians, conduct so-called operations against Palestinians to occupy their land inch by inch. However, we rarely see any news coverage of these activities in the so-called international media.
They conduct their operations every day and arrest whoever they want. They have installed a large number of 360-degree closed-circuit cameras everywhere, even inside Palestinian homes, to monitor people. Israel also uses other types of digital surveillance technologies against Palestinians. I feel this is NOT the way to survive in the modern world!
I have seen several reports about the cruelty of the Israeli authorities. Their special prisons for Palestinians are overcrowded, and they have built underground prisons where there is no light. Prisoners often face physical and psychological torture in these underground torture cells.
Palestinian detainees are NOT allowed to shower. They do not even receive enough food to survive, and so on. This type of cruelty is clearly against humanity, but world leaders and the so-called United Nations do not take any initiatives to stop Israeli cruelty and occupation because of their own interests.
This time, something different has happened following Hamas’s attack on Israel. Now, we see that the media have started publishing news with certain keywords in their headlines, such as Terrorist, Massacre, Militant Group, Unprecedented Attack, Surprise Attack, Hostage, and Kidnap, among many others. When Israel attacks, they do not use these types of words in their headlines.
Instead, they use phrases such as “Israeli operation for peace against terrorism.” In many cases, they do not even publish any news about the so-called operations carried out by Israeli troops.
When Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinians, the media call it an arrest. However, when Palestinian fighters capture Israelis, they use words such as “Kidnap” or “Hostage”! When Israel attacks, it is supposedly fighting for peace! On the other hand, when Palestinians defend themselves against occupation, they are accused of terrorism. Is that fair?
The Bottom Line: Does it really make sense for Israel to claim that it is trying to maintain peace while occupying Palestinian land?
Monday, October 9, 2023 | Alamin Islam | আমার কলম চলবেই____