Politics: The colonisation of Gaza and abuse of power by Israel

In the meantime, Israel continues to attack and abuse its power in the Palestinian territories. This is what many call "state terrorism" by a so-called democratic state, against several UN resolutions and against international opinion. The truth is that Israel has been intervening outside its territory against international conventions, in a third country, killing civilians and whoever stands in the way of their bullits. The world has been watching quietly. And the situation and everyday life in the Palestinian territory has been deteriorating more and more. Now there are the attacks in Lebanon, many times against civilian targets and public infrastructure. Lebanon is an independent third state. But who cares? With the support of the US all ispossible. Yet the west shouldn't be surprised when more and more people, many times coming from within western states (and even from the US as has been reported recently), are joining guerrillas and terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and others, to fight against the US and the western "occupation".

Here some quotations from a rather lengthy list of UN humanitarian agencies working on the ground in Gaza:

"The Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip constitute collective punishment of the entire Gazan population, and have created a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions in Gaza."

"All these attacks violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which sets out the obligations of occupying powers and specifically prohibits collective punishments, "targeted" assassinations, and destruction of the infrastructure of an occupied territory."

"Israel's assault on Gaza does not constitute a re-occupation, because Israel's occupation of Gaza never ended."

"The expansion of the military escalation to Lebanon represents a serious threat of escalation, especially if there is involvement from Syria, as well as threatening to divert international attention from the continuing crisis in Gaza."

"The ongoing Gaza crisis is political, not just humanitarian. It reflects the failure of Israeli unilateralism, the failure of the "Roadmap," the failure of the U.S.-orchestrated exclusion of the UN, and failure of the international community and the UN to intervene."

"The Gaza escalation demonstrates once again the need for an entirely new, international (not U.S.-sponsored) diplomatic process based on international law and human rights, aimed at ending the occupation and establishing equal rights for all, the only basis for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region."