U.S./Israeli Genocide Betrays The Holocaust
If we forget the lessons of the Holocaust, we forget who we are and what we are capable of becoming. What we have become.
By Mark Taylor
DeMOCKracy.ink (12/31/23)
Nobody has a better grasp of the context and dynamics of the U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza than Chris Hedges, an experienced war correspondent with extensive experience in the Middle East. As a witness to American foreign policy debacles, he has a deep understanding of how the massacre of civilians in Gaza — financed by American taxpayers, armed by our weapons and coordinated intelligence and protected by our deceptive diplomacy — is fully in keeping with our long history of war crimes and inhumanity.
Below is an excerpt from a powerful essay by Hedges with a link to the full piece. I urge everyone to read Hedges’ words and take onboard the facts and profound implications of what our country has become and where it will lead us.
The time for resistance is coming shorter.
From Chris Hedges:
“The moral universe has been turned upside down. Those who oppose genocide are accused of advocating it. Those who carry out genocide are said to have the right to “defend” themselves. Vetoing ceasefires and providing 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that throw out metal fragments for thousands of feet is the road to peace. Refusing to negotiate with Hamas will free the hostages. Bombing hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, ambulances and refugee camps, along with killing three former Israeli hostages, stripped to the waist, waving an improvised white flag and calling out for help in Hebrew, are routine acts of war. Killing over 21,300 people, including more than 7,700 children, injuring over 55,000 and rendering nearly all of the 2.3 million people in Gaza homeless, is a way to “deradicalize” Palestinians. None of this makes sense, as protesters around the world realize.
“A new world is being born. It is a world where the old rules, more often honored in the breach than the observance, no longer matter. It is a world where vast bureaucratic structures and technologically advanced systems carry out in public view vast killing projects. The industrialized nations, weakened, fearful of global chaos, are sending an ominous message to the Global South and anyone who might think of revolt — we will kill you without restraint.
“One day, we will all be Palestinians.”
Israeli Forces “targeting Christianity’s holiest sites” With US Weapons
“Threat of extinction.”
Why are Western leaders silent on deaths of Christians in Gaza? Multiple well known Christian sites have been deliberately targeted and destroyed by IDF forces. The Pope denounced it as terrorism so why is the U.S. still providing weapons and support for the indiscriminate killing of civilians?
CALLING ALL SUBSTACKERS! Use The Right Language: AMERICAN War Crimes & AMERICAN Genocide In Gaza
Joe Biden could stop the Gaza massacre with a phone call. As long as we do nothing and provide the weapons, WE are the war criminals -- the terrorists -- in Gaza.
“One day, we will all be Palestinians.”
And no one will hear our cries or rescue us from the genocide. Karma.