Extraordinary situations call for
unusual forms of resistance and protests. Efforts of the majority of member countries
at the UN for a ceasefire are being scuttled by brute veto power of one or two
countries. The puffed-up bullies who have catapulted themselves to power
through electoral maneuverings in imperialist-capitalist USA; former colonizers
UK and France; Zionist Israel and erstwhile Nazi Germany are holding not just
the brave and valiant Palestinians to ransom, but also cocking a snook at the
international community. This mafia-raj of the five dons enumerated above must
be uprooted and booted out of power. Rather than using the public financial
resources to create jobs for an increasing unemployment amongst the working
class, the exchequer is being emptied by directing money to war industry for
providing arms and ammunition to the IDF to slaughter Palestinians.
Each of the 153 countries (including
India) which voted for a ceasefire in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
could send one representative each for a collective action at the Egypt-Gaza
Border (Rafah Crossing Point). The form of protest should be an indefinite
peaceful sit-in. Let the Israeli army bombard just right up to the Gaza border
but within Gaza itself. The protesters should continue with their peaceful
action till the Israeli army is forced into a ceasefire. The protesters should
be guided by the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi; Nelson Mandela; Martin Luther
King. The 153 countries which have been sending representatives to UN meetings
have learnt that their efforts are being thwarted. Peaceful sit-in at the Egypt-Gaza
Border could be the first step in a renewed effort to stop the war on
Palestinians by the Israeli army.
[P.S.
Sahni is a qualified orthopaedic surgeon. He has
worked extensively with the victims of Sikh Genocide in 1984; amongst victims
of 1992 anti-Muslim violence; and at the India-Bangladesh border during the
Bangladesh Liberation War resulting in 1971 Bangladesh Genocide of Hindus.
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