Palestinians are suffering!
The situation has gone from bad to worse
Despite increasing misery and killings of innocent Palestinians, it has become the forgotten conflict of our modern-day society. According to reports, more than hundred Palestinians have lost their lives in the past three months. Most of them were killed by Israeli soldiers, who are using live ammunition against unarmed protestors.
Killing of innocent Palestinians and revenge stabbing attacks have made things go from bad to worse and yet the world and the United Nations (UN) — the so-called human rights champions are doing nothing to solve this wave of violence. The truth is that without addressing the core issues between these two rivals, Palestine and Israel’s dream of peace can’t come true.
Following the 1993 Oslo Peace Accord with Israel and Palestine, people have witnessed nothing but death, destruction and hardship. Despite killing more than two thousand innocent people and the destruction of 80 per cent of Gaza’s infrastructure — no one is brought to justice. The US-backed peace process and John Kerry’s recent Middle East visit has become a joke.
UN Security Council is divided into pro-Russian and pro-US and both are using veto power to provide cover to their allies and their human rights violations. After the miserable role of UN and the Security Council, Palestine decided to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). However, the truth is that statements and cosmetic attempts alone, can’t bring change in the region.
All previous attempts to fostering peace by the US and other powers have failed to provide any result and as mentioned before, things are going from bad to worse.
The long siege of Gaza and cutting of basic facilities has become a big question for the world community and is in need of the hour as thousands of Palestinians are struggling.
— The reader is a Pakistani accounts officer based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
