Gaza: "Israel wants to drive us out of our lands"

Silvia Cattori, Signs of the Times

...The west has always allowed Israeli governments to massacre and destroy as they wished. It is only the degree of brutality that changes. The rights of man are violated by the state of Israel with the full awareness of the entire world, with the support of the United States, and organizations like Amnesty International say nothing, and the Europeans say nothing, and they ask us, the victims, to make an effort. Every time the Security Council votes on a resolution critical of Israel's actions, the United States immediately vetoes it and prevents Israel from being condemned. For us, things are like they always are. The West condemns our resistance. Hamas and Hezbollah, whatever one thinks of them, are the honour of the Arab peoples. Israel wants to kill the only force that defies them and that have any honour. For us, what is happening in Gaza, and now in Lebanon, is terrible. But, even if what we are enduring is more horrible than ever, Europe must know that we will never abandon the authorities of the Hamas government...

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