Wael Ibrahim – It was only self-defence – Gaza- Israel

			It was only self defense, they argue those children were only collateral damage. They say, Hamas was
in that school and in that hospital, and in that media building, they promise, they give their word.
They swear up and down only in self defense. But unfortunately for them, they're clearly not well
versed in English because they don't know the meaning of the word. See, their first language is
violence, it seems to be their mother tongue followed by lie after lie as they reload their guns.
Israel believes in justice for themselves, not the Palestinian people. So please stop saying that
they treat and see them as equal because with their apartheid flag of blue and white, in one hand,
		

			they beat Palestinian women until they're black and blue with the other. They don't give a damn if
you're someone's mother, they'll still pull that trigger and claim it was only self defense. In
Israel, they're saying is an eye for an eye. Now I'm pretty bad at math, but I'm not deaf, dumb and
blind. This time we have over 7000 Dead over 2000 being children and it's still self defense. We've
got kids carrying kids, you want to explain it to them and make that make sense. How can you call it
self defense when for Palestinians there is no P in PTSD because they've been fighting for their
freedom, but 75 years later, and they're still not free? How can you call it self defense to cut off
		

			basic necessities like water, electricity and fuel to starve and suffocate? 2.2 million clip people
and block aid from all avenues. This is not self defense. This is a war crime. And this is genocide.
How can you call it self defense when Gaza is on fire when they tell 1.1 million people to evacuate
to where it's safe but but nothing but lie. They bombed their cars on the way out leaving nothing
but scraps. They told them to leave but it was clearly a trap. This is not self defense. This is a
war crime. And this is genocide. How can you call it self defense when it is said in Palestine
mothers carry their babies twice, once in their stomachs and again when they die? So many children
		

			dead that toys bleed and lullabies cry. This is not self defense. This is a war crime. And this is
genocide. How can you call it self defense when they are quite literally killing them in the dark
dropping bombs on them mercilessly as if to say this is only the start? How can you call it self
defense when one side is an occupier and the other the occupied? It's like saying a victim defending
herself from her * shouldn't dare try. This is not self defense. This is a war crime. And this
is genocide. How can you call it self defense when Israeli cruelty knows no bounds try to appeal to
an ounce a shred of humanity but it can't be found. They see them as animals, their words, not mine.
		

			They said they saw beheaded babies. But even that was a lie. You want to apologize now for fueling
even more hatred and bigotry. Because now six year old with Zia will never see his ancestors free.
This is not self defense. This is a war crime. And this is genocide. How can you call it self
defense when they bombed a Baptist Hospital massacring 500 Within minutes, claiming responsibility
until outrage outport then suddenly they refuse to admit it. How can you call it self defense when
10 year olds in Gaza have already witnessed and been traumatized in their short lives by seven major
bombing campaigns? How can you call it self defense when white phosphorus chemical weapons are being
		

			used on a population containing 1 million kids? But heaven forbid we dare to call that a war crime.
We are not just mourning for the children whose lives have been claimed but for the ones who are
alive who will never ever be the same. This is not self defense. This is a war crime. And this is
genocide. How can you call it self defense when they bombed the oldest standing church acting as
housing for the homeless? These are not accidents. These are acts of callous murderers. How can you
call it self defense when the UN calls for humanitarian pause to deliver life saving aid, and it
gets vetoed? Because they prefer to see them die in shallow graves. How can you call it self defense
		

			when doctors hold the lifeless bodies of babies begging for the world to please put an end to the
killing of babies? How can you call it self defense when they're operating without anesthesia for
patients on the floor? How can it get any worse and how much more could they possibly enjoy? This is
not self defense. This is a war crime and this is genocide. How can you call it self defense when 50
families had been wiped out and annihilated? Tell me how many more times Mr. Human rights be
violated. How can you call it self defense when they have
		

			walked in from all sides with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide where nothing gets in and no one
gets out. Do you see what Israel is all about? This is not self defense. This is a war crime. And
this is genocide. And maybe I'm mistaken, but I missed the part where there were two sides to
genocide and war crimes were justified because you politicians make ethnic cleansing appear
sanctified, but the truth is, anything in this country goes as long as it's attached to $1 Sign this
is not self defense. This is a war crime. And this is genocide. We I hate to call it what it is and
don't you dare tell us otherwise. You might have been silent when this is happening to Palestinians
		

			all of those other times, but we refuse to be silent. We refuse to allow history to repeat itself.
The Nakba is now and we can't let it continue. We demand an end to the living * they're being put
through. We will not be on the wrong side because this is not self defense. These are war crimes.
And this is genocide and we will never let it be the end of Palestine.