Never Again, Gaza

"Never Again" they keep saying.

"Never Again" will we stand still while there is injustice in the world. "Never Again" will we keep silent while innocent people are being murdered. "Never Again" will we turn a blind eye while homes are being demolished. "Never Again" will we close our ears while civilians are being displaced. "Never Again" will we be silent in the face of tyranny and injustice. "Never Again" will we be silent.

They kept silent while Israel, with its "fifth strongest army in the world", attacked the besieged Gaza Strip. They kept silent while Israel, with its "most moral army in the world", attacked the unnamed Palestinian civilians of Gaza, with one massacre following the other. They turned a blind eye as Palestinians were shot dead while seeking refuge or medical help, as whole families were bombarded to death, as fathers and mothers were massacred while protecting their children, as children were burnt alive while hiding in schools and mosques.

They turned a blind eye to the pictures of endless streams of injured flocking into overcrowded hospitals; men, women and children, being carried to hospitals, bleeding, crying out of pain, dying. They closed their ears to the sounds of children crying on TV screens. They closed their ears to the sounds of mothers praying that their children’s lives be spared. They closed their ears to the sounds of fathers calling out to the world to stop this injustice. They closed their ears to the people of Gaza, asking: why, why is the world silent? They turned their back on Gaza.'

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