by Adiel Ismail
The letter by Gavin Marsden, “Why do you hate Jews so much?” in response to my letter, “Looking at the effect on Gaza and the World” is a shining example of how Zionists always portray themselves as victims, while they are in fact, the perpetrators.
My letter did not express any hatred towards Jews. I was simply pointing out how Israel, a tiny nation that makes up only 0.1% of the total world population, can cause such havoc in the world by not only killing 42,500 Palestinians while occupying Gaza according to the ruling of the ICJ, the highest court in the world. And then disregards the sovereignty of at least 5 other countries.
I then pointed out the total contempt shown by the Prime Minister of Israel towards the head of the United Nations (UN) despite the UN being responsible for creating the state of Israel.
The Prime Minister of Israel refers to the Israeli Defense Forces as the most moral army in the world while many world experts on International Law have pointed out how the IDF violated numerous international laws while carrying out their attacks on Palestinians, in Gaza and the West Bank, and against the Lebanese and Syrians.
This action is reminiscent of Israel invoking the laws of the jungle in a modern, highly technological society. In other words, Israel acts like a rogue state in contemporary society.
I also pointed out how Israel's Prime Minister ignored the numerous red lines set by the President of the United States, leading to further carnage of innocent Palestinians.
I went on to point out that Israel's seemingly most powerful military forces have not succeeded in eradicating Hamas from Gaza, a small strip of land only about 41 km by 9 km, after a whole year. If a toddler walks at about 2 km per hour, it will take 10,000 toddlers 5 months to comb the entire Gaza Strip. Yet the mighty IDF could not achieve this in a whole year!
As seen above, nowhere did I express any hatred against the Jews. I was merely pointing out the devastation created by the lawless actions of the seemingly immoral military forces of Israel, a tiny country. And importantly, if we do not stop this lawlessness witnessed, it could have a disastrous consequence for the entire world.
I rest my case.
* Adiel Ismail, Mountview.
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