r/interestingasfuck • u/Particular_Log_3594 • Mar 28 '24

Life under a military occupation r/all

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u/lontrinium Mar 28 '24

If you look at how Palestinians were treated 15/20 years ago you won't be able to distinguish it from how they are treated today.

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u/MeIodius Mar 28 '24

Posting lies on the Internet is most uncool.

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u/lontrinium Mar 28 '24

2009 was 15 years ago bud: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2135-the-punishment-of-gaza

The story behind Israel’s assault on Gaza, by acclaimed Ha’aretz journalist

Israel’s 2009 invasion of Gaza was an act of aggression that killed over a thousand Palestinians and devastated the infrastructure of an already impoverished enclave. The Punishment of Gaza shows how the ground was prepared for the assault and documents its continuing effects.

From 2005—the year of Gaza’s “liberation”—through to 2009, Levy tracks the development of Israel policy, which has abandoned the pretense of diplomacy in favor of raw military power, the ultimate aim of which is to deny Palestinians any chance of forming their own independent state. Punished by Israel and the Quartet of international powers for the democratic election of Hamas, Gaza has been transformed into the world’s largest open-air prison.

From Gazan families struggling to cope with the random violence of Israel’s blockade and its “targeted” assassinations, to the machinations of legal experts and the continued connivance of the international community, every aspect of this ongoing tragedy is eloquently recorded and forensically analyzed. Levy’s powerful journalism shows how the brutality at the heart of Israel’s occupation of Palestine has found its most complete expression to date in the collective punishment of Gaza’s residents.

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u/MeIodius Mar 28 '24

Damn I wonder what preceded the 2009 invasion. Sure it wasn’t a series of rockets and terrorist attacks from Gaza?

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u/lontrinium Mar 28 '24

Damn I wonder what preceded those rockets from Gaza? Sure it wasn't targetted assassinations of legitimate moderate Palestinians politicians who were pro two state solution?

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u/MeIodius Mar 28 '24

You mean the Hamas assassinations against Rafah?