Comments by "Ralph Bernhard" (@ralphbernhard1757) on "Gaza Is 'Uninhabitable,' Says U.N. Humanitarian Chief" video.
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The concept of an "occupation" seems to be hard to grasp.
The landgrabs after the 6-Day War were illegal according to international law. Waging a "preventive war" or a "war of choice" was not illegal, but all the subsequent landgrabs were.
According to international law, these territories are therefore still "occupied".
" ...We had three wars which we fought without an alternative. The first, the war of independence, which began on Nov. 30, 1947 and lasted until January 1949 ...The second war of no alternative was the Yom Kippur War and the war of attrition that preceded it ... Our other wars were not without an alternative. In November 1956 we had a choice ... In June 1967, we again had a choice. The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him. This was a war of self-defense in the noblest sense of the term. The Government of National Unity then established decided unanimously: we will take the initiative and attack the enemy, drive him back, and thus assure the security of Israel and the future of the nation." -- Menachem Begin, Aug. 8, 1982, Israeli National Defense College
Begin stated clearly that Israel had fought three wars before which it had a "choice," meaning Israel started the wars. In legal terms, this is known as "preventive war," which is not illegal. However, taking land against international law after such a war, is illegal. Note that fluffy language like "in the noblest sense of the word," highlighted above, is not a legal term but gangsta talk.
Israel is still the occupying power.
That is what the law states. One can whine about laws, but that doesn't change a law. Everything one can come up with in defense of Israel, will automatically mean apologia for the occupying force. Everything one states, either ignores or apologizes for the stronger side in a conflict, which is enforcing an illegal occupation.
Every conversation which does not stress the fact that one side is the occupier, the other side the resistance, is biased towards imperialism.
Every news report must start with explaining who the occupation power is, so as not to confuse the timeline.
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