{"id":4988,"date":"2024-02-15T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4988"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:35:05","slug":"rafah-under-seige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4988","title":{"rendered":"Rafah Under Seige"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4988\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 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https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e3-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e3-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" data-id=\"4991\"  src=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e6-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e6-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e6-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e6-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/e6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thekashmirimages.com\/2024\/02\/13\/rafahunder-siege\/\n\">https:\/\/thekashmirimages.com\/2024\/02\/13\/rafahunder-siege\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=128890\n\">https:\/\/scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=128890<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=31139\n\">http:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=31139<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qoshe.com\/kashmir-images\/asad-mirza\/rafahunder-siege\/170217734\/amp\">https:\/\/qoshe.com\/kashmir-images\/asad-mirza\/rafahunder-siege\/170217734\/amp<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that at last, the international community and leaders have become fully exasperated with Israel over its continued aggression against Israel. The EU Vice-Chief and US president have sharply criticised Netanyahu\u2019s plans to lay siege to Rafah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After decimating Gaza completely, it seems that Israel is hell-bent on laying siege to Rafah, the last border point for Palestinians, on its border with Egypt. Israeli strategy right from day one, after it claimed the Hamas attack on 7 October, as an attack on its sovereignty and against Israeli citizens, is to get the whole of Palestine cleared of Palestinians, so that in future it could reinforce its claim to the \u2018promised land\u2019 for Jews only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this point it also negates the history of the Abrahamic faiths, and instead of being inclusive, by assimilating Christians and Muslims communities in Israel, it lays claim to the whole of Israel, by displacing the original inhabitants of Palestine \u2013 the land of Canaanites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the recent outrage expressed by international leaders, gives hope that the international comity is coming together to isolate Israel, on its aggressive policy towards Palestinians. The latest Israeli strategy is to decimate the city of Rafah after more or less completely destroying the Gaza city and parts of West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice-President and EU\u2019s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles sharply criticised the Biden administration for ignoring the growing death toll in Gaza while, at the same time, providing Israel with weapons to prop up its military campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in Brussels on Monday, hours after Israeli forces bombarded the southern Gazan town of Rafah, the EU&#8217;s foreign policy chief called on Washington to stop pleading with Israel to cease the killing of civilians and to start \u201cdoing something\u201d instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borrell further said that if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide fewer arms in order to prevent so many people being killed. Responding to Netanyahu\u2019s statement that refugees in Rafah would be evacuated from the area before a major military offensive, Borrell said: \u201cWhere? To the moon? Where are they going to evacuate these people to?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Outrage<br>The EU reproach came hours after an appeals court in the Netherlands ordered the government to halt deliveries of parts of F-35 fighter jets to Israel for fears that Dutch exports could be contributing to violations of international law in light of the ICJ ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, outpourings by international leaders and various countries suggest that more and more countries are now coming out against Israel and its policy of apartheid against Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the US administration has in recent months bypassed Congress to continue sending weapons to Israel, whilst also calling for restraint in its war in Gaza, which has claimed the lives of some 28,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Democrats have in recent days pushed on the White House to consult Congress before any future arms sales to Tel Aviv, fearing American complicity in the devastation and humanitarian crisis wrecked on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden responded to those calls last Thursday with an executive order authorising the cut-off of military aid to foreign governments that do not abide by international law. The memorandum claims to &#8220;strengthen&#8221; US national security by &#8220;reinforcing respect for human rights, international humanitarian law, democratic governance, and the rule of law,&#8221; and hopes to &#8220;reduce the risk of civilian harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that Israel has received more military aid from the US than any other nation since the 1950s owing to a long-standing, bipartisan policy of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data shows that many other EU countries \u2013 including Italy and Germany \u2013 have also provided Israel with some of the military equipment and components used in its offensives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona-based Centre Del\u00e0s d\u2019Estudis per la Pau (Centre of Studies for Peace J.M. Del\u00e0s) in one of its reports said that Europeans are together \u201cone of Israel&#8217;s main suppliers of military systems and equipment\u201d behind the US, and that member states have licensed military contracts worth over \u20ac2 billion to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organisations like Amnesty International and the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) have long called for a comprehensive arms embargo on both Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rafah\u2019s Siege<br>Meanwhile, in a somewhat encouraging development, US President Joe Biden has added his voice to growing international calls for Israel to drop plans for an all-out military assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, after a ferocious hostage rescue operation that killed dozens of Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking after talks with Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah at the White House on Monday, the US president said that a major military operation in Rafah should not proceed without a credible plan for ensuring the safety and support of more than one million people sheltering there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>King Abdullah echoed Biden\u2019s appeal for a broad ceasefire, saying, \u201cWe cannot stand by and let this continue. We need a lasting ceasefire now. This war must end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borrell\u2019s sentiments were echoed in more diplomatic language by David Cameron, the British foreign secretary, who said: \u201cIt really, we think, is impossible to see how you can fight a war among these people, there is nowhere for them to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penny Wong, the Australian foreign minister, also suggested that a failure to ensure special care for civilians in Rafah would \u201ccause serious harm to Israel\u2019s own interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, her German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, warned that an Israeli offensive on Rafah would be a \u201chumanitarian catastrophe in the making. The people in Gaza cannot disappear into thin air.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volker T\u00fcrk, the UN\u2019s human rights chief, said: \u201cThe world must not allow this to happen. Those with influence must restrain rather than enable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of families from other parts of Gaza who are now living in makeshift tents in Rafah, which sits on the border with Egypt, have moved up to half a dozen times in the past four months in desperate attempts to flee bombardment and ground fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite mounting warnings from aid agencies and the international community that an assault on Rafah would be catastrophic, Netanyahu has reiterated his intention to extend Israel\u2019s offensive. Hamas said a new advance into Rafah would \u201cblow up\u201d continuing negotiations to return hostages in exchange for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only encouraging sign emerging during the last week is that many European supporters of Israel are coming out openly against Israel and its aggressive policies. Now it remains to be seen whether they\u2019ll be able to execute these sentiments into real action on the ground or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4988\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;153&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;153&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today https:\/\/thekashmirimages.com\/2024\/02\/13\/rafahunder-siege\/ https:\/\/scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=128890 http:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=31139 https:\/\/qoshe.com\/kashmir-images\/asad-mirza\/rafahunder-siege\/170217734\/amp It seems that at last, the international community and leaders have become fully exasperated with Israel over its continued aggression against Israel. The EU Vice-Chief and US president have sharply criticised Netanyahu\u2019s plans to lay siege to Rafah. 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