Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Middle East Eye"
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 @monichat 75 years, all there has been is waiting.
It would appear that you are young and filled with undue hope. You may think me cynical, but I know we have been here, precisely here, many times before. What we see is not a single country of note speak out with any prevailing will or confidence in favour of ceasefire let alone the Palestinian cause.
The gulf states could turn off the oil tap and stop this, yet they do not. They've ruled it out completely. Israels neighbours, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, turkyre etc could blockade Israel until they end the blockade if Gaza and yet they do not. Indeed they have ruled it out completely. Turkyre could sweep their troops across the region and wipe away Israel as if it were but a crumb, and yet they do not. They briefly rattled their sabre but have since politely ruled it out.
If these countries, those most invested in Palestine, with the most to lose if Palestine falls, refuse to act what chance do you think there* is for Palestine? Ireland will not act for itself, let alone the wider EU acting. They're too afraid of angering the UK and Yankville.
The UK could end this whole thing with a single phone call, and yet despite 78% of the British public in favour of a permanent ceasefire and holding Israel accountable, the UK government continues to act in accordance with and support of Israel. Yankville is in a similar position to the UK.
A few minor jurisdictions with no real connection saying no and virtue signalling has become the norm to anything of note in geopolitics. It's a tourism ad, little more. We know is they do not change anything, nor do they intend too. When they stand, it makes it less likely not more, that those with actual power will stand in opposition too. It isn't a coincidence they've waited this long to stand up.
This bloodshed will eventually end for a time. Gaza will be smaller, the west bank too. Israel will be larger. Then, be it months or years from now, this same stuff will happen again and you will see the very same people professing to have only just woken up to the reality of Palestine, claiming the same once more.
You are flush with hope because you still believe the lies that you have power and that "good" (whatever that is) triumphs over "evil" (whatever that is too). As you grow, you will see, that is a view wholly disconnected from reality, born out only in fantasy.
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This bloke is naive in the extreme. "The west" aren't "in denial" as if we can not see or comprehend what's happening. We know. The UK and Yankville are DIRECTLY involved in the planning. There are reports yankvillian soldiers are INSIDE GAZA.
They aren't in denial, they're involved. Complicit. They taught Israel how to act this way. They know what's happening better than we do because they helped plan it and they're thrilled it's happening.
I understand that it's hard to wrap ones head around how western leaders, particularly the UK, can be so callus. And we must remember its the UK who created Israel, the UK who support Israel greater than any other country, and the UK holding yankvilles leash.
But listen, there are many benefits to the west for creating and facilitating Israel. As with most things there isn't a singular reason to do it, but multitudes, and different segments of western power are influenced by their specific mix of benefits.
The christian zionists, one of the most powerful lobby groups in the western world, want the return of their prophet and their rapture. The
Jewish zionists, an extremely influential lobby group in the western world want the return of the messiah and heaven on earth. Failing that, they want to dominate the earth
• The defence contractors get to not only make billions in guaranteed sales (Lockheed Martin has made $30 billion off this round in gaza alone) but, and a warning this is disturbing, they get to field test their newest offerings on living people and get real time data back. Indeed, these companies are involved directly in many of the assaults, they're in the C&C getting real time information so they can improve their products. Gaza is neither a prison nor a concentration camp, it's a weapons testing range.
The capitalists get a disorganised middle east with endless in fighting that guarantees the west can stay in charge and exploit resources for cheap. What do you think happens to the middle east when the west completely switches to renewables and no longer needs its oil?
There is so much more. Every power group is western society is satiated on Palestine.
The only people in the west who see the plight of Palestine and care are the ordinary working class, but they're also the group with the least actual power.
When it comes down to it you have to understand that the flowery words western leaders use, like human rights and rules based order, are merely sweet smelling weapons. Tools to forever keep you under their thumb and justify your annihilation.
There is talk about how people are waking up this time. But what people? What good have their protests done? What power do they have? The biggest lesson for Israel throughout this round is that they don't have to hide their atrocities, because there is no one with any power standing in their way.
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