Gaza is engulfed in a dual crisis of pandemics and food shortages, exacerbated by Israeli military actions. Netanyahu faces widespread criticism and violence both domestically and from Palestinians, with chaotic scenes of Israeli citizens storming army barracks. Despite international outcry, Netanyahu’s aggressive policies and ambitions to expand territorial control, particularly towards Lebanon, continue unabated, leading to escalating violence and humanitarian crises. The situation highlights the deep-seated tensions and the brutal reality of life in Gaza under Israeli occupation.
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Due to sewage and waste, Gaza faces a pandemic crisis in addition to a food crisis. This is a genocide of humanity and intellectual honesty. But of course, twelve children killed by Hezbollah are worth twelve thousand children killed by Israel, as it is an ally and a bastion of Western civilization. Sure. Another day of ordinary madness. Netanyahu rushed to the site of the child massacre to express solidarity and was met with a slew of insults. The village in question was Syrian, at least before Israel occupied those Golan Heights. A piece of Syria stolen by Israel for strategic and economic reasons, another example of how a model democracy manages relations with neighboring countries. Thoroughly scorned, Netanyahu had to hurry back to his office because another crisis had erupted in the meantime. Israelis storming Israeli army barracks. Unheard of. Chaos reigns with violence bouncing everywhere. The events are disgraceful.
Speaking of model democracy, Israel has been arresting Palestinians at will for decades. Following October 7, there are now over four thousand of these prisoners, or rather hostages, ending up in detention centers where they are mistreated and tortured. Nothing new under the sun except the jailers overdid it with one detainee, landing him in the hospital with a devastated backside. News that somehow reached a judge who somehow had the courage to arrest nine Israeli soldiers responsible for the torture. All hell broke loose. Israeli citizens and parliamentarians thought it wise to storm the barracks to claim the right to torture Palestinians as they please. Touch everything, but dare to prevent them from venting their visceral hatred towards Palestinians. Inhumane rights. Truly chaotic times for the model Israeli democracy.
In Gaza, they no longer know where to bomb, so they console themselves with the other slice of Palestine left, and overnight there are more than thirty dead near Nablus. Bombs randomly dropped on civilians in the hope that among them there might be a terrorist or two. If not, never mind, there are always thirty fewer Palestinians, and who knows, maybe the survivors will decide to submit. Meanwhile, illegal settlements continue undeterred, another democratic specialty of the house, but above all, the escalation with Lebanon is awaited. Netanyahu promises havoc but has been all talk for months, despite Hezbollah shelling Galilee every single day. The plan is known: invade Lebanon up to the Litani River to secure a buffer zone. Nothing new here either; the first such operation dates back to 1978, and given the excellent results, they are considering a repeat. According to many analysts, Israel does not have the means and forces to sustain a war on two fronts; a ceasefire in Gaza would be needed first, which Netanyahu is preventing in every possible way. He wants to free the hostages by force and occupy all of Gaza to show the world that he was right and dictate the post-war conditions as a victor. Let the UN and international courts go to hell and the usual human rights joke be told to others; Netanyahu has the world’s most powerful model democracy in his pocket and, as long as he gets weapons, dollars, and political cover from Washington, he presses on. We’ll see how long he lasts because, in addition to the usual Islamic enemies, his model democracy must face growing internal exasperation with waves of violent chaos. Truly days of ordinary madness while in Gaza, amid sewage and waste, we are at a pandemic crisis.
