BLOW IT UP – CLEAN IT OUT – SELL IT OFF

The spectacle of the bullying President of the USA talking about the Palestinians in Gaza needing to be ‘moved’ to somewhere safe ‘for their own good’ so that the area can be ‘redeveloped’ as an up-market resort for rich people has rightly led to loud condemnation. While there was a lot of that, there were some people who congratulated him on ‘thinking outside of the box’ – just like his German grandfather’s contemporary, Adolf Hitler, did.

President Trump talked about needing to ‘empty’ Gaza as if there had been a natural calamity like an earthquake while standing next to the person responsible for levelling it with bombs provided by his very own country to do it.

Perhaps he thought we wouldn’t notice.

He then allowed the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to repeat allegations that have been totally debunked in Israel itself – namely the beheading of babies and the mass rape by Hamas when it launched its attack against Israel on October 7. 2023. Monstrous lies that have been used to justify the consequent genocide and destruction.

It gets worse. It has now been revealed by the Israeli ex-Minister of Defence that his own citizens were killed by Israeli helicopter gunships operating under the notorious ‘Hannibal’ directive. This was adopted years ago to prevent any Israeli Jewish citizens being taken hostage – by killing them. On February 7 they deliberately killed scores of their own people.

In the face of these revelations what has Israel done? It has just passed a law that states that ANYBODY who disputes the ‘official’ version of the Government may be prosecuted and sentenced to 5 years in prison because it will be interpreted as support for Hamas. Telling the truth makes you a criminal in Israel.

So, what Mr Netanyahu repeats again and again is the big lie.

The big lie turns the world on its head. Most people will see through it but that isn’t its intention. The intention is to appeal to those who don’t want to accept reality – which includes most Israeli’s and those in the west who support the Israeli government. The aim is to deny, confuse and deflect by pointing in another direction. The Israeli’s are past-masters at this and some people fall for it because they WANT to believe it.

The whole approach is to reinforce the view that Israel is the victim: that everybody critical of it is an ‘antisemite’ and a de-facto supporter of Hamas, and that the mass destruction and carnage going on isn’t really happening.

Well, that may have been the case in the days before mobile phones but it isn’t anymore. We see it. We know who is doing it.

Until our Labour Government condemns Israel for what it is doing in Gaza and stops supplying it with aid it will continue to leak credibility and our country will be dragged through the mud. And Labour Party members like me will have no time for it.