MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARSOccupation, Tyranny, Torment
Starting with a “Mandate” of 1920-1948 when migrants from northern Germany (aka Anglo-Saxons also known the English and British Imperialists) — without consultation with or permission of native peoples — came to occupy and assume administrative control over the Palestinian Territories and the Arab State of Jordan (Kingdom of Jordan, then known as “Transjordan”) (general references).
Having occupied the territories for a time, the British Imperialists threw their support to kindred occupiers and the “creation of a Jewish state”; on the heels of which (on May 14, 1948) came armed extremists’ push into Palestinian land and, on that ground, their designation and establishment of “the State of Israel.”
Between 1947 and 1949, “military forces” of the extremists “attacked major Palestinian cities,” “destroyed some 530 villages,” committed “mass atrocities … including dozens of massacres”; and left “some 15,000 Palestinians” dead. From that time through the present day—the latest reports show Palestinian deaths resulting from the raging impunity that began October 2023 has exceeded “54,670” (Press TV) — “Israel’s military occupation of Palestine” has remained “at the core” of unrelenting “conflict”— determining life and death, wellness and sickness, progress or regress, shaping every facet, “every part of Palestinians’ lives.”
ATLAS OF PALESTINE 1948 published in 2004 contents include:
ATLAS OF PALESTINE 1948 published in 2004 contents include:
- Geography of Land and Water
- Land Ownership and Population Composition
- Status of Towns and Villages Before and After 1948
- Origins of Present Population
- Shifting of Armistice Lines
- Troubled Border with Lebanon
- Land Exchange with Jordan 1994
- Present Jewish Distribution
- Present Palestinian Distribution
- Destruction of Landscape
- https://www.plands.org/en/maps-atlases/atlases/atlas-of-palestine-1917-1966 Source: Palestine Land Society. https://www.plands.org/en/maps-atlases
Colonies of Anglo-Saxon Imperialists
Themselves Criminal, Immoral Imperialists
“Over the past few decades, the US government has vetoed Security Council resolutions more than 50 times—standing against the international community’s demand to enforce law and prevent gross violations of international law by the (extremist) regime.” This pattern in US leadership has enabled consolidation of “the occupying regime’s impunity”— Republic of Iran Diplomat Esmaeil Baghaei.
Without doubt, “This is … one of the main factors in the continuation of the occupation and colonial genocide by Israel, making the US a direct accomplice in the crimes of the Israeli regime.”
May UNICEF Statement (excerpt)
… Lives that should never be reduced to numbers—Children’s Lives: “These children… are now part of a long, harrowing list of unimaginable horrors:
- …Grave violations against children
- …Blockade of aid,
- …Starvation
- …Constant forced displacement,
- …Destruction of hospitals, water systems, schools, and homes
“In essence (what is happening is) the destruction of life itself in the Gaza Strip.”
“Since the March 18, 2025, ceasefire ended, according to reports, “1,309 children have been killed, 3,738 injured. Totals reported since October 2023 include “more than 50,000” child deaths or injuries.
“How many more dead girls and boys will it take? What level of horror must be live streamed before the international community fully steps up, uses its influence, and takes bold, decisive action to force the end of this ruthless killing of children?”
“The children of Gaza need protection. They need food, water, and medicine. They need a ceasefire. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, they need immediate, collective action to stop this once and for all.”
NEWS REPORTING
May 2022
Haddad, Mohammed “Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948?” Al Jazeera News May 15, 2022, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/15/nakba-mapping-palestinian-villages-destroyed-by-israel-in-1948
May 2025
May 12, 2025, UNICEF
“Lives changed forever by war in Gaza
Gaza’s children remain trapped in the jaws of conflict. Even for those who survive their injuries, life will never be the same.” May 12, 2025, UNICEF for Every Child State of Palestine,
https://www.unicef.org/sop/stories/lives-changed-forever-war-gaza
UNICEF for Every Child State of Palestine:
“The world cannot stand by and allow the killing, maiming, and suffering of children to continue.
- Civilians must be protected.
- Hostages must be released.
- Aid blockade must be lifted and commercial goods (permitted entry into) Gaza.
- Ceasefire must be renewed. And a
- Lasting political resolution must be found that
PRIORITIZES THE RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF
THIS AND
FUTURE GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN.
“Stories from the State of Palestine” https://www.unicef.org/sop/stories-state-palestine
May 27-28, 2025, UNICEF Statement, “‘Unimaginable horrors’: more than 50,000 children reportedly killed or injured in the Gaza Strip,” Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder https://www.unicef.org/sop/press-releases/unimaginable-horrors-more-50000-children-reportedly-killed-or-injured-gaza-strip
June 2025 PressTV News
Press TV June 2, 2025, “‘Militarized’ aid mechanism: UN blasts Israel’s weaponization of food amid Gaza aid site massacres” https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/02/749076/UN-slams-%E2%80%98militarised%E2%80%99-aid-mechanism-in-Gaza-as-Israel-kills-3-more-at-aid-site
“Since October 7, 2023, when the Israeli regime began its genocidal war on Gaza, it has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians and injured over 124,000 others, most of whom are children and women.”
Quoting the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Israel’s militarized humanitarian assistance mechanism violates international standards on aid distribution, endangers civilians, and is contributing to the catastrophic situation in Gaza…. Weaponization of food for civilians, restricting or preventing (people’s) access to other life-sustaining services constitutes a war crime….”
Leadership with Partners’ Complicity (United States of America)
Islamic Republic of Iran Diplomat Esmaeil Baghaei:
PressTV June 5, 2025, “New Israeli strikes kill dozens, including four journalists, in Gaza” … “More than three dozen people, including four journalists, have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as the regime presses ahead with its genocidal war.” https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/05/749287/Gaza-Palestine-al-Ahali-Hospital-Israel
I am not anti- (quasi, kind of or sort of “semi” … (anything)! I expect this distractive mantra (or formulaic deflection) will at some point wear itself out. I fear that will not happen before it has caused considerable harm—especially to the young who, by definition, are incapable of speaking for themselves.
“This is undoubtedly one of the main factors in the continuation of the occupation and colonial genocide by Israel, making the US a direct accomplice in the crimes of the Israeli regime” …. “Over the past few decades, the US government has vetoed Security Council resolutions more than 50 times, standing against the international community's demand to enforce law and prevent gross violations of international law by the Zionist regime, thereby consolidating the occupying regime's impunity.” News Reporting June 2025 “Iran blasts US veto on Gaza ceasefire resolution as American policymakers’ moral decline” https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/05/749299/Iran-blasts-US-veto-on-Gaza-ceasefire-resolution-as-American-policymakers%E2%80%99-moral-decline
PressTV June 5, 2025, “New Israeli strikes kill dozens, including four journalists, in Gaza” … “More than three dozen people, including four journalists, have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as the regime presses ahead with its genocidal war.” https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/05/749287/Gaza-Palestine-al-Ahali-Hospital-Israel
A Personal Parting Note
I am not anti- (quasi, kind of or sort of “semi” … (anything)! I expect this distractive mantra (or formulaic deflection) will at some point wear itself out. I fear that will not happen before it has caused considerable harm—especially to the young who, by definition, are incapable of speaking for themselves.
My anti(s)
I am anti-arrogance and pretentiousness, anti-conceit and deceit. I am anti- deliberate ignorance and the spreading of ignorance. I am anti-laziness: intellectual, mental, moral, psychological, physical.
I am anti-braggadocio, anti-bullying, anti-bribery, anti-plunder and thievery
I am anti-disparagement, misrepresentation and disrespectfulness. I am anti-waste of human life, or the natural environment, and material matter.
I am anti-war and anti-belligerence. I am anti-repression (anti-extinguishing or crushing). I am anti-genocide and cultural or ethnic razing
In the arenas of politics and the press, government and society, I am anti-pandering, anti-puppeteer and puppet and parroting. I am anti-prostitution and pimping.
I am anti acquiescence (“go along to get along”) when lives are threatened and considered action could save lives.
Cowardice chooses the path of least resistance.
Cowards and people lacking in essential capacity for discernment refuse to learn, refuse to study and consult. Refuse to govern.
I am anti-rape and razing of cultures and of children, thus anti-rape and razing of creation present and future.
I am against committing or condoning the morally reprehensible—not only what is, by any reasonable standard, criminal; but what is clearly unjustifiable, unprincipled, conscienceless, unconscionable.
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