Articles of the year 2021

The Israelis have agreed to a ceasefire after a mass brutal one sided battle against the hapless unarmed Palestinians, who have put up a remarkable resistance against a better army equipped with the latest weapons in the world.
The Israeli soldier is battle hardened trained and has the motivation instilled by years of training by some of the best coaches in the world.

They face a ragtag collection of an ill trained, ill equipped motley people fighting for their lives. Their lands and houses have already been taken from them and gifted to the Israelis. It is not quite clear how one man’s land can be given away by someone who is not the owner. The massive power unleashed upon the poor Palestinians was an example of overkill unheard of in history. Schools and hospitals were not spared.

These were not humans but a vermin that had to be exterminated. Unfortunately for the Israelis, Netanyahu had overplayed his hand, and the one time underdog when given the opportunity became the monster, that spread terror through the world including among its allies. While the Europeans and the rest of the world watched gruesome scenes in real time, the horror unravelled.

These clips of children butchered were real and the carnage was real with bylines to caution the viewers of discomfort that could be caused by the accompanying images. The message did not explain the feeling of the parents of the wounded and the dead. The Americans have to be praised for a word they coined - “Collateral damage.” It reduces into a coming of the computer age of cold data, in place of real humans. Data is of the digital age. So be it.

However some one may pipe up and say - “That’s not cool.”That eureka moment could unravel the Israeli dreams, and Hollywood knows this is something they can never sell. These are sins and images of pain being caused by soldiers funded by the US. They cannot deny their involvement and their guilt. The Commies and the Huns have gone. The bad guys are the Israelis, who are committing barbarism equal to what has been witnessed earlier if not more.

Netanyahu has frightened the world with his single minded hatred for everything not Jewish. He must learn to live with others of the human race. He cannot put the others into gas chambers for being Palestinians just because they are not Jewish. The three days of killings are war crimes at the least. The Americans may not be able to rid themselves of the Frankenstein they have created. Netanyahu’s actions may elevate the Star of David to the rank of the Swastika as a symbol of hate.