Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Anywhere, but not here.

"The Palestinian group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people and taking scores of hostages." BBC. "Palestinian health officials say hundreds of people have been killed in an explosion at a crowded Gaza hospital." NPR. "Israelis and Palestinians have blamed each other for the hospital bombing." "Some Western countries have called for an investigation, without pointing a finger at this stage, while Arab states have blamed Israel." Reuters. "The current US assessment of Tuesday's deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza is that Israel was 'not responsible,' according to a spokesperson for the National Security Council." Axios. "The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate and House intelligence committees both issued statements saying after being briefed on the matter that they are confident the blast was the result of a failed rocket launch and not due to Israeli military action." Most people in the Middle East will not believe Israel or the US. People there are addicted to conspiracy theories. Till today some believe that the 9/11 attacks were staged by the Pentagon (HT) as an excuse to attack Bin Laden. Others are convinced that Zionists, and especially Mossad, were responsible. ADL. "Jordan has cancelled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday (yesterday) with US President Joe Biden and the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders to discuss Gaza, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said." Reuters. King Abdullah of Jordan "has blamed Israel for a blast at a Gaza Hospital that killed 500 Palestinians" and that Israel's response "went beyond the right of self defence to collective punishment of Palestinian civilians." However, in 1970, the present king's father, King Hussein expelled Palestinians from Jordan. "Jordanian troops began a major assault against PLO targets on 17 September." "Subsequently, Jordan's army defeated the guerrillas on the ground after ten days' fighting and thousands of casualties, including heavy civilian losses in Palestinian refugee camps." Encyclopedia. This month is known as 'Black September'. "Among the experts and military leaders was also a brigadier named Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq." "Though Zia-ul-Haq's exact role in Black September is debatable, many have called him a 'butcher' of Palestinians." News18. Zia became President of Pakistan from 1978-88. Large number of Palestinians expelled from Jordan ended up in Lebanon and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) mounted raids into Israel, leading to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the civil war which destroyed the country to this day. Britannica. PLO leader Yasser Arafat supported Saddam Hussein's occupation of Kuwait (CNN), which led to reprisals by Kuwaitis on Palestinians once Kuwait was liberated. LA Times. Israel wants Gaza's civilians to leave Gaza so that it can attack Hamas unhindered, but Egypt and Jordan have opposed this move because they fear that the Palestinians will not be allowed to return and will become permanent refugees in their countries. AP. Left unsaid is that wherever Palestinians have settled terrorism has followed. Iran, Turkey and Pakistan use them to further their own agenda. But no one wants them.  

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