Israel’s 9/11: The War Waged Far Away from the “Only Democratic Country in the Middle East.” The GRNH with Michael Welch
The battle-front between Israel and Gaza/Palestine has now exploded in public consciousness
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– anonymous phone message recorded by the staff of Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital in response to Dr Thomson’s Pro-Palestine solidarity messages on social media. [1]
“This message is for Dr. Ben Thomson. Remove your post regarding [against] Israel … It is disgusting, you are a disgusting human being, you do not know what you’re saying, and if you do not remove it, I advise you and the rest of your staff to stay out of your office.”
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The battle-front between Israel and Gaza/Palestine has now exploded in public consciousness to such an extent that the ongoing War in Ukraine is suddenly yesterday’s news. [2]
According to the most recent estimates by Gaza’s Ministry of Health, as of this writing, 6,547 people in Gaza have died. This does NOT include the 1,600 people, including 900 children who are missing and possibly under the rubble in the midst of the ongoing bombardment from Israel’s retaliation to the deadly October 7 attack on their citizens. [3]
Interestingly, the support of world leaders for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s against the People of Palestine, seemed to wane as massive voices within each country and around the world spoke in unity:
“FREE FREE PALESTINE!”
They were visible in the thousands and in some places even hundreds of thousands in Great Britain, in Australia, in West Asia and North Africa, and yes even in the United States. [4]
Even U.S. President Joe Biden in conversation with Bibi seems to have shown a change in heart.
As an anonymous source familiar with discussions between the leaders of the two allied countries put it:
“They have clearly shifted from an initial ‘We have your back; we’ll do whatever you want’ to now ‘You really need to rethink your strategy.’ [5]
But at the same time, Zionism is pushing back – with a vengeance!
A representative from the non-profit organization Palestine Legal, which provides legal support to the Palestine solidarity movement, found that they had received a surge in requests for assistance in the last two weeks. Many of these individuals, including university students, professors, and journalists said they faced negative consequences in their workplaces for statements they made on their social media posts in support of Palestinian rights! [6]
The war is clearly not just between Israel and Gaza. It is being waged across the planet as people of conscience choose sides as to who they will throw their support behind. How is it vast members of the Global South and the working class relate to the Palestinians while the chiefs within the most privileged countries, ie. the U.S. and its gang of imperialist confederates, stand “shoulder to shoulder” with the Israeli Prime Minister?
This is the main thread running through this chapter of the Global Research News Hour.
In our first half hour, we speak to Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire and frequent guest, about why much of the world is resisting the Israeli response to the Hamas Oct 7 attack to levels unmatched since the Iraq War resistance 20 years ago.
Then in our second half hour, we air a replay of an interview recorded by Chris Cook for the show Gorilla-Radio on radio station CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, British Columbia, on the unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples.
His guest was Tarek Loubani who has worked in Gaza as a doctor and humanitarian.
Loubani will be speaking about the silencing of his colleague Dr. Ben Thomson and other humanitarian dissenters in the current age of suppression.
Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of the Pan-African News Wire. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
Tarek Loubani is a London, Ontario-based doctor and humanitarian. Tarek runs the Glia Project, which seeks to provide medical supplies to impoverished locations, one of which is the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
(Global Research News Hour Episode 406)
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Notes:
- https://www.globalresearch.ca/zelensky-failed-bid-meet-netanyahu-signals-ending-western-interest/5836852
- https://www.globalresearch.ca/zelensky-failed-bid-meet-netanyahu-signals-ending-western-interest/5836852
- https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142842
- https://www.globalresearch.ca/millions-demonstrate-around-world-solidarity-palestine/5837376?doing_wp_cron=1698452681.4435539245605468750000
- Yasmeen Abutaleb, John Hudson and Dan Lamothe (October 27, 2023), ‘U.S. urges Israel against Gaza ground invasion, pushes surgical campaign’, The Washington Post; https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/27/us-urging-israel-rethinkg-gaza-ground-invasion/
- https://www.globalresearch.ca/surge-suppression-how-guardian-applies-censorship/5837810
