With the Doha strike, Netanyahu has declared war on the world

And truthful Israel has struck again.

On Tuesday, the Middle East’s favourite perennial aggressor launched missiles against the Qatari superior of Doha, targeting Hamas leaders progressive successful negotiations surrounding a connection from the United States for a ceasefire successful the Gaza Strip, wherever the Israeli genocide of Palestinians has officially killed much than 64,000 radical successful little than 2 years.

To beryllium sure, Israel has never been a fan of ceasefires – adjacent ones projected by the reigning planetary hegemon and most devout backer of Israeli atrocities. After all, the state’s precise beingness is predicated connected wiping retired Palestinians and engaging successful unceasing belligerence.

And portion anyone harbouring an iota of communal consciousness volition person agelong regarded Israel arsenic a rogue state, the unprecedented onslaught connected Qatar appears to person opened immoderate planetary eyes with respect to conscionable however retired of power the Israeli authorities really is.

For instance, satellite powers similar Britain, France, and India – which person to varying degrees enabled the genocide successful Gaza, among other acts of terror by the Israeli subject crossed the portion – person managed to muster uncharacteristic condemnation pursuing the Doha strike.

This is not to imply, of course, that targeting Hamas leaders successful a state that happens to big the largest US subject basal successful the Middle East is someway much morally appalling than slaughtering tens of thousands of radical successful Gaza, astir of them women and children.

It is simply to observe that adjacent apologists for Israel’s genocidal recklessness look to person drawn a caller reddish enactment – which is that the Israelis can’t simply spell astir bombing radical and places arsenic they spot fit.

Following the onslaught connected Doha, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced that “unilaterally bombing wrong Qatar, a sovereign federation and adjacent state of the United States that is moving precise hard and bravely taking risks with america to broker peace, does not beforehand Israel oregon America’s goals”.

Lest we unreserved to accord immoderate consciousness of logic oregon crushed to the existent White House, Leavitt went connected to adhd the disclaimer: “However, eliminating Hamas, who person profited disconnected the misery of those surviving successful Gaza, is simply a worthy goal.”

For his part, US President Donald Trump has present “assured” the Qataris that “such a happening volition not hap again connected their soil”, successful Leavitt’s words.

And yet Qatar would beryllium forgiven for feeling somewhat little than “assured”, fixed that it has already been made rather wide that Trump has forfeited control implicit what Israel does oregon does not bash connected different people’s soil.

As a testament to this reality, Israel’s aptly named Defence Minister Israel Katz took to societal media connected Wednesday to pass that “Israel’s agelong limb volition enactment against its enemies anywhere. There is nary spot wherever they tin hide.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has meantime explicitly threatened Qatar, suggesting that this whitethorn not beryllium the past the emirate sees of Israeli missiles: “I accidental to Qatar and each nations who harbour terrorists, you either expel them oregon you bring them to justness – due to the fact that if you don’t, we will.”

As usual, then, the state with the contiguous monopoly connected determination coercion – not to notation nearly 8 decades of Israeli taste cleansing, dispossession, and massacres of Palestinians – has taken the liberty of deciding whom to delegate the relation of “terrorists” and past attack.

Considering Israel’s utterly mendacious explanation of “terrorism”, it’s not lone Qatar that needs to worry. As Netanyahu himself said, “all nations who harbour terrorists” are eligible for Israel’s mentation of “justice”, which successful the extremity mostly amounts to warfare crimes and wanton violations of planetary law.

As Al Jazeera reported connected Wednesday, Israel had conducted subject attacks connected nary less than six countries successful the past 72 hours alone. In summation to Palestine and Qatar, the “soil” of Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen had besides been graced with Israel’s penchant for destruction.

Now, it’s anyone’s conjecture arsenic to who mightiness beryllium harmless from Israel’s “long arm” – but the possibilities are fewer and acold between. Decades ago, the Israeli spy bureau Mossad had already shown itself to beryllium perfectly comfy with assassinating Palestinians connected European soil. And present that there’s a full-blown genocide connected successful Gaza, the much “terrorists” that tin beryllium detected abroad, the amended for Israel successful presumption of distracting from and validating its blood-drenched operations.

Israel whitethorn presently pridefulness itself connected the full impunity it enjoys, and its quality to wreak devastating havoc astatine will. But portion it remains to beryllium seen what different diabolical manoeuvres the “long arm” has up its sleeve, Netanyahu’s effectual declaration of warfare connected the satellite should astatine slightest service arsenic a wake-up telephone to those inactive wooed by the lethal oxymoron of Israeli “justice.”

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