Genocide, Land Grabs & A Short Look Back at Some of The Aspects of The Israeli Terror Campaign
From before October 7th, 2023, it had already been the deadliest year to date for the people of the occupied territories; it was well over a decade of full-blown siege of the Gaza Strip.
From before October 7th, 2023, it had already been the deadliest year to date for the people of the occupied territories; it was well over a decade of full-blown siege of the Gaza Strip by Israel, numerous “Freedom flotillas” had been stopped including one that was violently attacked ending in the deaths of around nine activists in international waters.
LINK to Article: International Solidarity Movement Freedom Flotilla
LINK to Article: UNICEF in the State of Palestine – 2023 Year End Situation Report
The undermining of the Palestinian people and society continued long into the “Osolo Accords”, but the world remained mostly silent, the oppression continued the pressure continued to build and then Gaza erupted. But not before the Palestinian people attempted and not for the first time a peaceful “march of return”.
Secret recording of Netanyahu and how he would undermine the Palestinians during the implementation stage of Oslo.
Activists across the world tried to break the siege through other means such as the aid convoys back in 2010. You can find a short documentary on one of the convoys below by Palestine Aid’s Fra Hughes.
Viva Palestine Arabia Convoy to Gaza Documentary 2010
You can find Fra’s work on Substack and Youtube:
The Great March of Return
Article first published: Sept 9 2024 The Great March of Return, Echo’s of The Past & The Lie’s The Violence Started on The 7th of October 2023
This campaign was an overwhelmingly peaceful one by the ordinary working-class people of Gaza, an attempt at peacefully resisting a belligerent occupation that time and again showed it was willing to snuff out the lives of anyone willing to resist… but people had hope.
When things got violent, and Israel lashed out at the people the people in turn maintained their campaign and maintained dignity turning out day after day to peacefully facing down the violence of Israel.
The people in the Gaza strip basically live within a confined locked space a form of “collective punishment” as stated by Oxfam, restrictions on the use of shipping Anti-Palestinian policies and occupation forces enforcing those policies effectively sealing 2.2 million people (about the population of New Mexico) in an open air prison, when those within decided enough was enough and march toward the border fence Israeli soldiers fired upon the marchers who were clearly unarmed, medical staff were not sparred haven been targeted even though clearly marked as medical staff this was no hinderance a story we are all too familiar with, at this time many across the globe turned a cold shoulder, nobody seemed interested in what was happening.
So why did it take the Palestinians to break the siege themselves years later and go on an offensive before the world took notice of them & their continued plight under a belligerent occupation that had failed to adhere to any of the UN resolutions that had been put forth thus far?
Why did it take the deaths of Israeli citizens before the situation was considered bad enough for people to take notice?
LINK to Article: UN Gaza - great march of return
Gaza Erupts & Israel Enacts its Long Awaited Genocidal Campaign
That all changed after October 7th; not only did the operations carried out by the “resistance” groups in Gaza rock the foundations of the apartheid state of Israel, but it also shattered the imperialist notions that the “Middle East” had been settled. After that, it was full mask off for Israel with the express support of the Western ruling class.
Gaza has been all but completely destroyed; the infrastructure has been overwhelmingly damaged, and full residential areas have been leveled to the ground. The critical infrastructure has been laid waste to since the beginning of Israel’s campaign in Gaza; hospitals were routinely targeted.
Only 16 of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip remain at least partially operational. The Kamal Adwan hospital and Indonesian hospitals being the most recent ones to come under severe attack by Israeli forces. For several weeks Kamal Adwan had been under siege, with “robots carrying explosives” to blow up the area around the hospital.
Many of those inside the hospital including doctors, patients and the hospitals director were taken away into Israeli detention.
First image Kamal Adwan Hospitals Director Hussam Abu Safiya taken into Israeli detention. Video of patients, doctors, medical staff and civilians taken into Israeli detention same hospital.
Today the OCHR (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) at the UN said in a press statement that Israel has shown a pattern of attacking and destroying hospitals. The UN said the attacks were documented from October 12th to June 2024.
“As if the relentless bombing and the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza were not enough, the one sanctuary where Palestinians should have felt safe in fact became a death trap. The protection of hospitals during warfare is paramount and must be respected by all sides, at all times,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said.
The Indonesian Hospital, second photo was obtained by Gazan journalist Younis Tirawi showing Israeli forces using hospital grounds as a garrison. Evacuation orders for anyone still in the hospital have been issued by Israeli forces.
Below I will provide some videos, pictures, and information from the year past; these are just a few videos that have been published across social media and websites touching on Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and the wider region.
The pictures were collected in my research, along with videos that have been publicly shared on social media. Videos below were not created or taken by ASN; they were just sourced from social media. I will try to provide source names for all of the videos collected if I can.
How Long Has The Genocide Really Been?
The onset of this genocidal campaign of violence against the people of Gaza was a long time in the making; if we look closely, it has been collectively manufactured over the span of decades, not months or several years. The collective policies of the apartheid regimes consecutively add up to the genocide of the Palestinian people.
The apartheid state's anti-Palestinian policies, such as the systematic destruction of infrastructure, including civil infrastructure, roads, and administration buildings; the targeting of culturally significant sites; internment without trial; restrictions on travel and movement; two-tier travel; seizure of land; illegal settlements; and regular incursions into Palestinian communities almost always leading to the death of people in the community.
LINK to Article: HRW April 27, 2021 A Threshold Crossed
Human Rights Watch has created a visualization of the separation.
The real list of policies and actions taken by Israel is quite exhaustive; those few mentioned above are only a glimpse at the systematic attempt at the erasure of the Palestinian people over the span of decades through ever-increasingly restrictive, oppressive, and repressive policy.
“Without derogating from Israel’s security powers and responsibilities,” the movement of people and vehicles in the West Bank “will be free and normal and shall not need to be effected through checkpoints or roadblocks.” The West Bank and Gaza should be maintained as a “single territorial unit… respecting and preserving without obstacles normal and smooth movement of people.” Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords, as many know, were used by Netanyahu and the establishment, both in Israel and the US, to undermine the Palestinian people again, but as it is laid out above, it is clear Israel never ever intended on following these accords; Netanyahu made it clear in the secret recording what he had planned.
Cars are issued with different colour number plates according to their nationality and legal status, providing another way for the two-tier apartheid system to work; this restricts where people can travel. Along with the consistent roadblocks and checkpoints, whole areas are being shut down on the whim of occupation forces, sometimes with the help of the PA(Palestinian Authority).
This, along with the separation walls and the closing in of Palestinian communities like prisoners in their own homes, adds to the overarching pain of the occupation in all its facets.
Satellite photo of part of the Gaza sea front.
Fast forward to today, Israel is preparing to attempt to “annex the West Bank.” The Palestinian Authority is openly targeting people within Jenin who they claim are “criminals,” acting as a tool of the occupation. The glimpse of hope for Unity that came with the Chinese initiative to bring all the groups and the PA together to form a unified approach to the genocidal violence being visited upon the Palestinian people.
Unfortunately the PA has taking it upon themselves to crackdown on those willing to step up against the aggression of the occupation forces.
VIDEO Inside Jenin during Palestinian Authority crackdown:
Video from @translating_falasteen
The US Calls The Shots in The West…
The pretence has been dropped, the masks have come off, and the plans are laid out in front of the world's eyes. Be under no illusion: those in power in the West, even some of those most ardent voices against Israel, have been silenced in the sense that they cannot or will not stop the US from acting as it sees fit.
Openly defying the world on the world stage with veto after veto at the UN it should be no surprise that the US no matter what its “allies” say continues to support Israel fully.
For example, Spain has been a vocal objector to the Israeli violence even laying down an arms embargo on Israel, however the US has continued to bypass this embargo by using its military facilities on Spanish territory in the transit of weaponry and equipment to Israel openly defying the embargo.
The US is threatening Spain over its arms embargo on Israel, Spain has on several occasions denied docking to vessels carrying arms destined for Israel, this has pushed Washington to threaten Spain with possible sanctions. It is reported that Spain is set to tighten the embargo again.
LINK to Article: Washington violates Spain's ban on arms shipments to Israel: Report
Even in Ireland, where a large percentage of people overwhelmingly support Palestine, even the government sounds like it’s “pro-Palestine,” but the reality, unfortunately, is a bit more nuanced; even as Ireland is set to join the case against Israel at the Hague, Ireland itself is still being used as a transit for weaponry and equipment to be used in Israel’s genocide. And those in power are remaining tight lipped over it.
Those at the centres of power across the Island are overwhelmingly supportive of the US, and in that the US empire, Ireland is but another footnote in its list of countries that are under the thumb of its hegemonic influence; we have become a vassal of the US empire.
LINK to Article:
Illegal munitions flights to Israel continue through Irish territory
Although the Irish people continue to raise their voices to drive campaigns in order to demonstrate that the people here will not just sit idly by, those in power however have a different plan. Palestine has been seen as an “inconvenience” by some in Ireland, including some of those within the institutions and ruling class.
LINK to Article:
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Fall of Syria: Warnings in November by the UN of Israeli violations
The United Nations had been warning that “severe violations” of a ceasefire deal with Syria that was signed on May 31, 1974, had been continually violated, especially in the months leading up to the overthrow of the Syrian government.
The comments came from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, which has patrolled the area since 1974, after a report released by AP (Associated Press) showing satellite imagery of the military.
Since October 2023, Planet Labs has released satellite imagery that documents the extensive destruction by the Israeli war machine against Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, backed by its allies, the US and the wider West.
The military activity, which UNDOF said began in July by Israeli forces, involved new supply routes, roads, and other military infrastructure in Lebanon and at the DMZ with Syria, as well as at the “frontier” with Gaza. The Israeli military undertook a systematic campaign of destruction of the residential buildings of numerous villages and towns in Southern Lebanon.
It was confirmed by UNDOF that these works began in July by Israel.
The DMZ was voted on at the UN by the UNDOF in 73, a deployment to oversee the maintaining and reporting on any breaches of the treaty in the 155-square-mile (400 sq km) demilitarized zone and maintain the peace.
Israeli forces had already been operating inside Syria prior to seizing the Syrian Arab Army positions on the “BRAVO demarcation line,” part of the DMZ, but overtly moved to take these positions after an announcement from Netanyahu that
"This agreement has collapsed; Syrian soldiers abandoned their positions," Netanyahu
A major water source has also been seized in the ongoing invasion by Israeli forces into Syria as they pushed further inside the territory reaching the Al-Wahda Dam in the southern Quneitra area. This dam not only provides power and water to people in Syria it also provides for Jordan, with the Al Mayadeen correspondents words succinctly putting it below
“The occupation's control over the Al-Wahda Dam, which is located on the Jordanian border, is a threat to Jordan, because it was the biggest beneficiary of this dam,” Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said on Thursday.
LINK to Article:
IOF takes control of Al-Mantra Dam in southern Syria
During the offensive by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Israel continued to hit targets in Syria and had been doing so on a regular basis. Just like Israel, the US was actively targeting positions of the SAA. It also struck support columns of the Popular Mobilization Forces of Iraq as they got close to the Syrian border.
The PMF spokesman said that his forces never intended on entering Syria but were there to"carry out qualitative pre-emptive operations to prevent the infiltration of terrorist gangs".
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II - Warthog same as that seen in the video above from Eastern Syria
LINK to article below:
“PENTAGON CONFIRMS A-10 strikes in Syria, claiming defence of US forces”
Israel Grinds Syrian Capabilities & Threatens The Syrian People
After the fall of the Syrian Arab Government with the departure of ex-President Bashar al-Assad to Russia, Israel launched one of its largest airstrike campaigns on Syria, striking targets throughout the country. But in light of this there has been open collaboration between Israel and those on the ground, I won’t go into the extent to which the West and Israel has supported many of these groups in the past but their actions after all this should make one question if they have not already…
The Revolution Report post on the transfer of weaponry to Israel by reported members of Hayat Tahrir al Sham HTS.
Uncaptured Media video
Syria's military capabilities have been all but decimated by Israel, including military facilities, research and development facilities, military equipment, and stockpiles, also including civil service buildings in Damascus. It’s still unclear just how much damage has been done across the country in this offensive campaign by Israel, but if Lebanon and Palestine are anything to go by, it will have been extensive with little to no care for civilians.
The Israeli occupation forces put the number of strikes at 480 since the campaign was launched. The air and ground campaign has been labelled by some Israeli analysts as “historic”, making the most of the chaos and confusion inside the country.
LINK to Article:
Israel destroys 80% of Syria’s military capabilities
It is all part of the wider campaign by the US and its allies in bringing about what they call “the new Middle East” by attempting to cut off support networks and supply routes to those fighting the Israeli war machine who confront the US imperialist ambitions in the region.
Not only this, but the decapitation of Syria now allows Israel more room for manoeuvre in the region if they decide to attack Iran again.
Mount Hermon now provides Israel with oversight of Lebanon and the capital of Syria, Damascus. It is reported that Israeli forces will seek to expand their radar detection capabilities as well as attempt to “secure” crossings from Lebanon into Syria.
As Israel has expanded into Syria it has not only openly threatened the Syrian people it has even attacked them when protests were held against the Israeli presence in Syria. The airstrike campaign continues.
The Israeli government say that their military will continue to conduct its operations in Syria as forces build at the Syria-Jordan Border with Israeli reinforcements entering the area to strengthen their foothold.
LINK to Article:
Israel reinforces occupation of Deraa in south Syria
Israeli troops open fire on protesters in S. Syria, injuring 3
Israel threatens residents of south Syria as troops expand occupation