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Gaza’s Ongoing Ordeal: A Call to Conscience
Original entry published June 5, 2010. Updated April 1, 2025.
by Akashma News
It seems like a long time since we witnessed the horrors of “Operation Cast Lead,” Israel’s 22-day assault on Gaza during the winter of 2008–2009. The sky burned white with phosphorus, igniting flesh and turning neighborhoods into charred ruins. The world watched—or rather, looked away—as mainstream media buried the truth beneath diluted headlines and pixel-perfect distractions.
Back then, we still believed—perhaps naively—that if the news made it to our screens, it held some shred of truth. But the years have unmasked the performance: an industry of narrative management where paid pundits recite scripts and doctored images compete with fabricated outrage.
In June 2010, the blood of civilians was still fresh on the decks of the Mavi Marmara, where the Israeli Defense Forces raided the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters, killing nine activists. The world gasped for a moment. Then silence. Our leaders—like President Barack Obama—muttered the same tired lines, unwilling to offend the powerful lobbying engines that dictate policy.
Now, nearly 15 years later, Gaza bleeds again.
Since October 7, 2023, following Hamas’ surprise attack that killed approximately 1,200 people in Israel, the Israeli government has launched its most extensive military operation in Gaza to date. The stated objective: to destroy Hamas. But as the days turned to weeks and weeks into months, it became painfully clear that the targets extended far beyond any military faction. Residential towers, hospitals, schools, refugee camps—none were spared. The death toll has now exceeded 47,000, with the vast majority being civilians. More than 13,000 of the dead are children. Over 70,000 have been injured, and entire generations erased.
This is not a “war between equals.” This is a siege. A collective punishment of 2.3 million people, half of them children, trapped in a 141-square-mile open-air prison. Most of them do not vote. Many do not support Hamas. All of them suffer.
Mainstream media, once again, hesitates. It parrots state lines. It calls this a “war”—as if Gaza, blockaded since 2007, armed with homemade rockets and no air force, is an equal adversary to the most sophisticated military in the Middle East. The asymmetry is not just military—it’s moral, political, human.
But we are no longer waiting for the nightly news to tell our stories.
We are the new press. The free press. The people’s press.
Social media, blogs, underground journalists—this is where truth now lives. This is where the story of Gaza’s agony is being told in real time, in broken English, trembling voices, and photos that scream louder than any talking head ever could.
Don’t forget that while we’re scrolling, Gaza is starving. The Israeli government has blocked food, water, and fuel—weaponizing necessity. Aid trucks are turned away. Humanitarian workers are targeted. The United Nations says famine is imminent, and still the bombs fall.
Ask yourself: How does this continue?
It continues because the silence of good people is louder than the screams of the dying.
It continues because politicians weigh elections more than ethics, careers more than children’s lives.
It continues because a narrative has been crafted—one where occupation is “self-defense” and resistance is “terrorism.”
But we know better.
We are not powerless. We are six billion strong. We are The New Press.
Keep writing. Keep filming. Keep shouting.
Gaza is still under attack. Justice is still denied. But as long as we tell the truth, hope still lives.
NEWSWEEK adds insult to injury – Gaza Genocide in the making
A Palestinian firefighter reacts as he tries to put out a fire at Gaza’s main power plant, which witnesses said was hit in Israeli shelling, in the central Gaza Strip July 29, 2014. Israeli tank fire hit the fuel depot of the Gaza Strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, witnesses said, cutting electricity to Gaza City and many other parts of the Palestinian enclave of 1.8 million people.An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment and said she was checking the report. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8, saying its aim was to halt rocket attacks by Hamas and its allies. Photo by Ali Jadallah
If it wasn’t because I know the way Israel operates, I know how Israel invents stories, it creates the atmosphere for chaos, and do go to the extent to kill people,just to send a message, and to get rid of its enemies, or simply to perpetrate fear against the Jews, much like their global outlet Anti Defamation League that has worked pretty much as a Jew-Fear -machine, ADL had institutionalized a system of indoctrination of Jews kids right before they get to mature. ADL organize trips to holocaust museums all over the world with this keeping the fear in the minds of innocent minds. I invite you to watch Defamation
Well the event portrayed in this article of Newsweek sounds very much like as a mob sent to create a ecstasy of violence, in other words ‘red flag operation’. Paid actors to recreate a moment. A staged violent act designed to push the masses to act.
As Stephen Pollard, the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, argues: “These people were not attacked because they were showing their support for the Israeli government. They were attacked because they were Jews, going about their daily business.” NEWSWEEK, July 29, 2014
Pollard it is reinforcing the idea that there are people out there to get the “Jews”, this fear is being used over and over to justify Israel existence, to justify the illegal settlements to give a heaven for Jews away from this type of mob Newsweek talks about.
Every word written in this pseudo journalistic piece is nothing more but Israel hasbara garbage, designed to give credit to “Israel need for a Jew homeland.”
For ignorant people that sees this magazine NEWSWEEK as the champion of analytical journalism, in depth investigative reporting know that NEWSWEEK is just another Israel mouthpiece as we see by this front page Israel add.
Israel is committing Genocide in Gaza and it is being televised, the world is witnessing an army killing machine that doesn’t differentiate between a child and a grown man, a killing machine that doesn’t differentiate between a shelter and a military command center, and NEWSWEEK chooses as a cover another Israel add, a propaganda Add to give Israel justification to keep killing and not be accountable, or not even feel guilty, an add to justify Israel need to steal more land for Jews feeling threaten around the world.
Genocide according to popular definition is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Genocide is defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part 1 ; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE (OSAPG)
What an insult to the people, what an insult to Gaza and to the intelligent people that has followed the massacre since it began, not 3 weeks ago, but since it began.
People, I think is time to start acting on behalf of truth, justice and peace.
To all journalists of the world let me remind you of the SPJ Code of Ethics
Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility. Members of the Society share a dedication to ethical behavior and adopt this code to declare the Society’s principles and standards of practice.
Seek Truth and Report It – Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.
Minimize Harm – Ethical journalists treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect.
Act Independently – Journalists should be free of obligation to any interest other than the public’s right to know.
Be Accountable – Journalists are accountable to their readers, listeners, viewers and each other.
For now you could start acting, unsubscribe for NEWSWEEK and add this magazine to the BDS list, add your voice and BDS Israel and its supporters
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/08/exodus-why-europes-jews-are-fleeing-once-again-261854.html
Newsweek frontpage for its 8/8/2014 print
July 17 Day of International Criminal Justice
Ban Kin Moon holding a sign on July 17 celebrating International Criminal Court, The International body in charge to keep justice in the world, and punish those that transgresses it.
This is a sick joke for people that are following the massacre being conducted against the people of Gaza, where war crimes are being indisputable being committed by the Israeli Defenses forces Aka Israel Occupation Forces, while the United Nations is celebrating July 17 as the International day of Criminal Justice, on reference of the ICC
“The International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. ” ICC
Why haven’t the Palestinians officials apply to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court so they can take Israel to the higher court of justice.
Why all the extra wording, it seems as they were playing a game of death with Israel.
Are they waiting for more massacres to occur in Gaza, don’t we have enough evidence of war crimes committed against the population of Palestine?.
There are recorded massacres in the history books that qualify as war crimes.
Hanan Ashrawi, speaks of Threat to Israel to join the Rome Status to take Israel to ICC.
#Israel have committed enough #Warcrimes, #Gaza is bleeding. #Hamas has no recourse but to resist, al-Quds Brigades has no recourse but to resist until you politicians do your job. Gazawans can not subsist much longer, the war and fast dead will be a blessing for them, what they can not take any longer is the siege to Gaza. Do something fast, NOW is almost late..
On an article published by the Israel Times she says that If Operation Protective Edge continues, we will head to Hague-based court ‘sooner rather than later,’ PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said.
What does this means for 350 and counting death under Israel bombs in Gaza?
What does this mean for the almost 1.8 residents of Gaza that had been placed in a slow cooking pressure ghetto?
What does this mean for the people around the world that had been victim of violence by the hands of the armies that belong to the Security Council of the United Nations?
I see this photo and my stomach gets sick with anger and repulsion. I’m outraged to see this photo of Ban Ki-moon holding a sign that reads
JUSTICE MATTER .
They even open a page dedicate to July 17 in facebook where people is submitting their photos with signs #JusticeMatter, I wonder if those people knows what is happening in Gaza or even if they know what justice mean.
Just behavior or treatment: a concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people – The quality of being fair and reasonable
Does Justice Matter for Palestinians or they are exclude because Israel is the one committing the war crimes.
“17 July is the Day of International Criminal Justice. The Day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute on 17 July 1998, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, which seeks to protect people from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. The Day unites all those who wish to support justice, promote victims’ rights, and help prevent crimes that threaten the peace, security and well-being of the world.” United Nations google+
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a body of the United Nations established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal is an ad hoc court which is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
Why the UN haven’t create an The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Occupied Territory of Palestine since 1948 and beyond?
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