AMMAN — The Israeli onslaught on
Gaza has left at least 43 people dead, including six children. The Israeli military warned that its
deadly air strikes on the enclave could last for a week.
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The “preemptive”
operation killed two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials and destroyed
apartment buildings, prompting the group to launch rockets into Israel.
More than 275
people were injured in violence that is the worst in the strip since Israel
launched an 11day war on Gaza in May 2021 that killed more than 260
Palestinians and wounded at least 2,000 others.
The Arab silence in
the face of what is happening in
Palestine, the trivialization of the
Palestinian cause, and the acceleration of normalization of ties with Israel
have led to a worsening situation for Palestinians and encourage Israel’s
blatant violations, political analysts interviewed by
Jordan News contend.
MP Khalil Attieh
told
Jordan News that “the Arab silence and the scramble to normalize
gave Israel a green light to start the attack on Gaza.”
“So far, no
statement has been issued by any Arab capital that amounts to a forceful
response to this aggression that targets children, women, men, and homes,” he
added.
Attieh stressed
that “what is happening in the Gaza Strip is a war crime by all means.”
“The strange Arab
silence is complicity with and encouragement of this evil aggression; it has
contributed to making the enemy more ferocious and persistent in its aggression,”
he said.
According to MP
Saleh Armouti, “what is happening in Gaza is a crime against humanity and
genocide that should be classified as a war crime”.
He stressed that
“the International Criminal Court must hold the perpetrators accountable, since
their deeds violate covenants related to peace and human rights.”
Armouti said that
Israel’s aggression “is a blow to the Arab regimes that rushed to normalize
with the enemy”, stressing that “it is not possible to find real solutions to
stop the Israeli aggression and protect Palestine through diplomacy.”
The silence of Arab
parliaments and human rights organizations, which should play a role in
protecting the Palestinians, only worsens the situation, Armouti said,
stressing that the Arab Lawyers Union has “the duty to defend the freedom and
rights of the Palestinian people in international forums”, yet does nothing.
Secretary-General
of the Islamic Action Front
Murad Al-Adayleh told
Jordan News that the
“silence in the face of the crimes in Palestine” makes it easier for the
Israeli occupation “to implement its agenda” vis-à-vis the Palestinian cause.
Adayleh emphasized
that “the resistance of the Palestinian people is the only thing that will
preserve Palestine and will keep the Palestinian cause alive.”
According to
political commentator and journalist Daoud Kuttab, “what is happening in Gaza
is clearly a war crime. Extrajudicial killing is a crime, as are the attacks
that kill innocent civilians and blow up apartments.”
“I believe the war on Gaza puts all countries that have
peace treaties or normalization agreements with Israel in a difficult position,
and weakens their governments’ relations with their own citizens,” he added.
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