As Gaza descends deeper into chaos, hunger, and death, the world watches but does not act. The ongoing catastrophe has reached such grotesque proportions that critics say it’s not just a war crime, it’s a monumental failure of global morality “worse than a crime, a mistake.”
It’s a phrase that strikes a chilling historical chord. Many of the million Soviet Jews who emigrated to Israel with the help of U.S. financial aid might recall Stalin’s cruel adage: “No man, no problem.” But the current Israeli policy toward Gaza, critics argue, mirrors that same brutal logic.
In recent weeks, both Israel and the United States have floated the idea of relocating Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinians to other nations. The language of “transfer” draws disturbing comparisons to the 1930s when Nazi Germany discussed deporting Jews to distant lands like Ethiopia or Kenya. Then, the world recoiled in horror. Today, similar strategies are being casually discussed in Western circles proposing places like Albania, Zimbabwe, or Libya as potential dumping grounds for Gaza’s displaced civilians.
At the heart of the Israeli policy is an ideology that veteran Israeli journalist Uri Avnery once described as “Jewish Nazism.” According to this line of thought, Israel’s far-right factions seek not only to neutralize Palestinian resistance but to systematically erase future generations by targeting reproductive potential. These groups, say critics, aren’t just fighting a war—they’re laying groundwork for an expanded Israeli state, one that could stretch beyond the West Bank to encompass parts of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq’s oil fields, and even swathes of Saudi Arabia.
Repetition in horror has its purpose. Once more, the article recalls Stalin’s sinister words, before quoting French diplomat Talleyrand to drive home the point: this isn’t just cruel, it’s catastrophically foolish. Following in the footsteps of the genocidal architects of Nazi Germany or Stalinist Ukraine, this campaign, the author argues, is a historic blunder that will haunt its architects.
Within Israel, discontent simmers. Many citizens are fed up with Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right administration and its unrelenting military offensive in Gaza. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has emerged as a voice of dissent, calling for an end to the bloodshed. Observers suggest that Western powers should actively support his political comeback to restore some balance in Israel’s leadership.
Meanwhile, the UN has issued its most dire warning yet: 14,000 Palestinian children are on the brink of death due to Israel’s blockade of food, medicine, and water. Thousands more adults are expected to perish in the coming days from starvation or relentless airstrikes. Humanitarian corridors remain blocked. Aid is politicized. Lives are treated as collateral damage.
No amount of Holocaust documentaries or threats against pro-Palestinian protesters will change the fact that what’s unfolding in Gaza has been described by the UN as a “war crime.” Nor will financial intimidation against activists disguise the grotesque repression underway. The silence of the world’s most powerful nations makes them complicit.
Despite mounting international appeals, Netanyahu’s hardline government continues to reject calls for a ceasefire or humanitarian assistance. The hope is that diplomatic pressure from allies like France, Canada, the UK, Australia, and others will eventually force a shift in policy but for Gaza’s civilians, time is running out.
Israel, critics say, has “run amok.” The words of Jewish author Arthur Koestler come to mind he once dubbed Israel a “nasty little Sparta.” Today, that description feels disturbingly apt. The mass killings in Gaza, many believe, wouldn’t be possible without the quiet approval of the Biden administration, which has remained largely inert. Power in Washington has long rested with pro-Israel neoconservatives, a trend that started under Trump and continues today.
Even more damning: Palestinian deaths are being fueled by American-made weapons. Refugee camps are bombed. The calls to halt the carnage are blocked not in Tel Aviv, but in Washington. Forgotten amid all this are the Jewish hostages still held in Gaza, forgotten, perhaps, because their suffering no longer serves the narrative.
And while Palestinian children starve and families are buried under rubble, the Arab League’s silence is deafening. Aside from impoverished Yemen, which itself has faced U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, the rest of the Arab world has barely whispered a protest. Their leaders remain curiously obedient, especially the Gulf monarchies, which recently rolled out the red carpet for former President Donald Trump. His visit laid bare the uncomfortable truth: much of the Arab world remains economically and politically colonized by the West.
What’s happening in Gaza is not just another flare-up in a decades-long conflict. It is a global indictment. A moral breakdown. A diplomatic farce. A humanitarian collapse made worse by the very nations that claim to champion freedom and democracy.
And the most haunting question of all? Not why it’s happening, but how long the world will allow it to continue.
SOURCE :- SRI LANKA GUARDIAN
