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Gaza - A Crisis of Humanity : Meera Srinivasan / the Hindu / Dev and Sudesh Chopra

Dear Friends All,

This communication comes your way to wish you a Merry X'MAS and A Happy New Year--2024.
The spirit of Christmas has spread worldwide {like the English language}, promoting PEACE even though there are some among them who keep selling or providing armaments that make for the current MINI-WARS ......

One cannot say more...as that in fact is a mouthful.

STAY SAFE AND IN PEACE

dev and sudesh chopra in gurugram

A Crisis of Humanity


As we come to the close of this year, the world is marking Christmas festivities, and ushering in the New Year with hope. As much as we all would like to see cheerful headlines, the last three months have laid bare the crisis of humanity the world is currently facing. In its latest round of mass violence, Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, as Gaza health authorities and the Israeli military both announced mounting death tolls.

A Gaza Health Ministry spokesman said on Sunday 166 Palestinians had been killed in 24 hours, taking the total Palestinian death toll to 20,424. Over 8,000 children have been killed since October. Israel and its powerful backers appear to have no discomfort when thousands of children’s bodies are being counted in what they call a war against Hamas. In the midst of such unspeakable barbarism and a crisis of humanity, it is justice that we need urgently. Hope can wait until we see the wheels of justice turn, at least a little.

While Israel has managed to turn Gaza into what the United Nations called a “graveyard for children and a living hell for everyone else”, it also faces questions on whether it is meeting its stated objectives after two and a half months of bombing and invasion, writes Stanly Johny. If Israel’s objective is to eradicate Hamas, free hostages and bolster its own deterrence, the Jewish state is nowhere close to meeting those goals, even after 10 weeks of one of the most intense bombing campaigns of the century, he argues.

How long before Palestinians have a chance to remember what it feels like to be hopeful? How long before a ceasefire?

dev c in gurugram/India


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