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Former US State Secretary Henry Kissinger once said: "If a strong country does not win its war against a weaker country, it will be a loser. If the weaker county is not defeated in this war it will be the winner."
If we apply what Kissinger has said on the Gaza war, we will definitely find out that Gaza, which is not a country or a state, is the real winner. Gaza is a piece of land which is about 30 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide. In some areas, its width tapers to six kilometers. It is inhabited by about two million people, making it among the densely populated places in the world.
Gaza has been under Israel's air-land-and-sea blockage for about eight years now. Israel has been occupying the Strip since its six-day war against three Arab countries — Egypt, Syria and Jordan — in 1967.
During this brief war, Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights, the West Bank, which was under Jordan's administration, and the Egyptian Sinai desert. Until this war, Gaza was under Egypt's administration.
Following the peaceful negotiations between Israel and Egypt in the late 1970s, Egypt has regained sovereignty over the Sinai desert. Gaza remained under Israel's occupation.
Israel pulled out of Gaza unilaterally under the strong resistance of its people but has since then imposed an unjust siege on it.
Whoever dared to break the blockade or provide relief assistance to the people of Gaza, would be fired upon by the Israeli army. This is exactly what happened to the Turkish freighter MV Mavi Marmara, which Israel had attacked in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea killing nine passengers. The freighter was part of a six-ship "freedom" flotilla which was to deliver relief goods to Gaza on May 31, 2010.
The incident soured relations between Turkey and Israel. Turkey refused to normalize relations with Israel and put three conditions for this: a formal apology by Israel, compensation to the families of the victims and lifting of the blockade against Gaza.
Israel apologized for the incident but refused to pay compensations or lift the blockade against Gaza.
As I have said earlier, Gaza is neither a country nor a state. It thus can not be compared with Israel which has one of the most modern weaponry and the strongest armies in the world. It has far advanced military aircraft and tanks.
Israel launched its current attack against Gaza which is still under the suffocating siege. Young Palestinians in Gaza who were fed up by the blockade and were yearning for freedom, decided to fight back. They did this heroically.
Israel has launched war after war against Gaza. It killed many of the Palestinian leaders and subjected the Strip to measures that make Palestinian children hungry. It has used excessive force in its war against Gaza to coerce its people who bravely stood fast.
Israel's aggression against Gaza was tantamount to war crimes and violations of all human rights. These crimes were committed by the army, which Israel always says is indefatigable.
The Israeli army is considered the fifth strongest in the world, considering its number of soldiers, armament and military training. Just imagine the small and helpless Gaza fighting this army for more than a month!
Israel receives military and economic aide in billions of dollar from the West, especially the United States which has promised to ensure Israel's military supremacy over all Arab countries put together.
The US is also providing blind political and diplomatic support to the Zionist state. America has always vetoed UN Security Council's resolutions that condemn Israel for its atrocities and inhuman practices against the Palestinian people.
Israel, therefore, has been safe from any condemnation by the world body, thanks to the blind American support. It is free to break international laws and breach international conventions that protect the people under its occupation. There is no more occupations, except in Palestine where the ugly racist Israeli occupation remains.
Israel has launched its latest war against Gaza for a variety of reasons. These include its attempts to foil Palestinian national reconciliation, which was recently concluded between Hamas in Gaza and the Palestine Authority in the West Bank.
This reconciliation has culminated in the formation of a national unity government.
Israel does not really want peace. It is using negotiations as a pretext to gain time in order to build more Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Gaza was strongly against these negotiations which it said were futile and would lead to nowhere.
Israel wanted to silence Gaza and crush its resistance and depended on its sheer military might. It used F-16 fighter planes, missiles tanks in a barbaric manner to kill civilians and destroy buildings over their heads.
Israel has targeted mosques, hospitals and schools. It attacked a special school of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) and killed many Palestinian women and children who took refuge in the school.
Israel has also targeted orphanages and the homes of the disabled, leveling them to the ground. It attacked ambulances carrying the dead and the injured and shelled children who were playing on the seashore.
This gave Gaza no other choice but to fight back. Using outmoded conventional weapons, the freedom fighters put on a strong fight and killed a number of Israeli soldiers. Their simple missiles reached a number of Israeli towns, forcing their people to take shelter. For the first time in its recent history, Israel was forced to suspend its international flights.
Israel had incurred huge losses in human lives but would not reveal them. However, observers believe that Israel's losses in this war were immense.
Israel has destroyed thousands of houses as well as water and power stations. Gaza has stood fast, despite the odds. It did not surrender.
Israel has lost both morally, politically and militarily in its war against Gaza. The small and defenseless Gaza has thus won its war against Israel's army with all its might. It proved that what Kissinger had said was right.
Winner and loser in Gaza war | Opinion | Saudi Gazette
If we apply what Kissinger has said on the Gaza war, we will definitely find out that Gaza, which is not a country or a state, is the real winner. Gaza is a piece of land which is about 30 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide. In some areas, its width tapers to six kilometers. It is inhabited by about two million people, making it among the densely populated places in the world.
Gaza has been under Israel's air-land-and-sea blockage for about eight years now. Israel has been occupying the Strip since its six-day war against three Arab countries — Egypt, Syria and Jordan — in 1967.
During this brief war, Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights, the West Bank, which was under Jordan's administration, and the Egyptian Sinai desert. Until this war, Gaza was under Egypt's administration.
Following the peaceful negotiations between Israel and Egypt in the late 1970s, Egypt has regained sovereignty over the Sinai desert. Gaza remained under Israel's occupation.
Israel pulled out of Gaza unilaterally under the strong resistance of its people but has since then imposed an unjust siege on it.
Whoever dared to break the blockade or provide relief assistance to the people of Gaza, would be fired upon by the Israeli army. This is exactly what happened to the Turkish freighter MV Mavi Marmara, which Israel had attacked in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea killing nine passengers. The freighter was part of a six-ship "freedom" flotilla which was to deliver relief goods to Gaza on May 31, 2010.
The incident soured relations between Turkey and Israel. Turkey refused to normalize relations with Israel and put three conditions for this: a formal apology by Israel, compensation to the families of the victims and lifting of the blockade against Gaza.
Israel apologized for the incident but refused to pay compensations or lift the blockade against Gaza.
As I have said earlier, Gaza is neither a country nor a state. It thus can not be compared with Israel which has one of the most modern weaponry and the strongest armies in the world. It has far advanced military aircraft and tanks.
Israel launched its current attack against Gaza which is still under the suffocating siege. Young Palestinians in Gaza who were fed up by the blockade and were yearning for freedom, decided to fight back. They did this heroically.
Israel has launched war after war against Gaza. It killed many of the Palestinian leaders and subjected the Strip to measures that make Palestinian children hungry. It has used excessive force in its war against Gaza to coerce its people who bravely stood fast.
Israel's aggression against Gaza was tantamount to war crimes and violations of all human rights. These crimes were committed by the army, which Israel always says is indefatigable.
The Israeli army is considered the fifth strongest in the world, considering its number of soldiers, armament and military training. Just imagine the small and helpless Gaza fighting this army for more than a month!
Israel receives military and economic aide in billions of dollar from the West, especially the United States which has promised to ensure Israel's military supremacy over all Arab countries put together.
The US is also providing blind political and diplomatic support to the Zionist state. America has always vetoed UN Security Council's resolutions that condemn Israel for its atrocities and inhuman practices against the Palestinian people.
Israel, therefore, has been safe from any condemnation by the world body, thanks to the blind American support. It is free to break international laws and breach international conventions that protect the people under its occupation. There is no more occupations, except in Palestine where the ugly racist Israeli occupation remains.
Israel has launched its latest war against Gaza for a variety of reasons. These include its attempts to foil Palestinian national reconciliation, which was recently concluded between Hamas in Gaza and the Palestine Authority in the West Bank.
This reconciliation has culminated in the formation of a national unity government.
Israel does not really want peace. It is using negotiations as a pretext to gain time in order to build more Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Gaza was strongly against these negotiations which it said were futile and would lead to nowhere.
Israel wanted to silence Gaza and crush its resistance and depended on its sheer military might. It used F-16 fighter planes, missiles tanks in a barbaric manner to kill civilians and destroy buildings over their heads.
Israel has targeted mosques, hospitals and schools. It attacked a special school of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) and killed many Palestinian women and children who took refuge in the school.
Israel has also targeted orphanages and the homes of the disabled, leveling them to the ground. It attacked ambulances carrying the dead and the injured and shelled children who were playing on the seashore.
This gave Gaza no other choice but to fight back. Using outmoded conventional weapons, the freedom fighters put on a strong fight and killed a number of Israeli soldiers. Their simple missiles reached a number of Israeli towns, forcing their people to take shelter. For the first time in its recent history, Israel was forced to suspend its international flights.
Israel had incurred huge losses in human lives but would not reveal them. However, observers believe that Israel's losses in this war were immense.
Israel has destroyed thousands of houses as well as water and power stations. Gaza has stood fast, despite the odds. It did not surrender.
Israel has lost both morally, politically and militarily in its war against Gaza. The small and defenseless Gaza has thus won its war against Israel's army with all its might. It proved that what Kissinger had said was right.
Winner and loser in Gaza war | Opinion | Saudi Gazette
