Gaza: Starvation as Weapon and Western Failure

Gaza: Starvation as Weapon and Western Failure

The medieval siege returns to Gaza as a contemporary method of war. The thesis opening the analysis is uncomfortable: it is not Humanity's failure, but that of our civilization, the Western one, which supplies the ammunition for extermination. This phrase is not original to its speaker but is attributed to Joan Tardà of ERC, and is fully endorsed. Israel is argued to be a state considered Western, almost an EU member due to its special association agreement, and almost another US state, with a specific department within the American apparatus. The conclusion drawn: Gaza is a Western field of extermination where the executors are Israeli, funded by the US, France, Germany, Italy, and also Spain.

Historical Framework: Crusades, Rome, and the New Kingdom of Jerusalem

The discussion does not remain at the current juncture. It traces back to the Crusades to argue that Israel is a creation of the West, forcibly implanted in the East against its inhabitants. The parallel with Rome and the conquest of Gaul serves to discuss whether the concept of impunity applies: it is argued that those who fail in minor matters rarely succeed in major ones. The reference to Numancia appears as a mirror: if the Romans had done what is attributed to Israel in Gaza, we would still be proud of their heritage today.

Counterargument: Hamas, Hostages, and October 7

Against the genocide thesis, another current argues that Hamas bet everything by entering Israel with blood and fire, and now Gaza's population reaps the results. It is stated that Arab countries care little about the fate of Palestinians and do not want to see them. Questions arise about how many deceased are combatants versus civilians, and how many civilians died at the hands of Hamas. It is emphasized that fighters hide in over 500 kilometers of tunnels under schools and hospitals, from where they fire projectiles at Israel. The figure cited is 60,000 deaths in Gaza, without verified breakdown.

Starvation as Propaganda and Demographic Dispute

Some argue that it benefits Hamas for its population to starve and for famine images to go viral. The authenticity of photographs is questioned: extreme close-ups, children with suspiciously new buckets, mothers showing no signs of malnutrition or even overweight next to skeletal children. All this is labeled crude and insulting to intelligence. A demographic datum is launched: Gaza's population has increased, which, according to this current, disproves the classification of genocide. The data is accompanied by a world population source.

The West, Christianity, and the Paradox of the East

The reply is swift. Christianity is claimed as an Eastern religion, with John the Baptist, Saint Augustine, and Saint Francis of Assisi as references, arguing that the East will save humanity. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are recalled as Catholic cities in Japan. It is asserted that Spaniards are the most combative against this Anglo-Zionist barbarity due to their defense of Trent, the Catholic faith, and Mary's divinity, and as defenders of international law and human rights. Irony about small grasshoppers closes the argument.

The GREAT Trust Plan and the "Middle East Riviera"

An unexpected turn arrives with the revelation, attributed to The Washington Post, of a Trump administration plan for Gaza: the GREAT Trust, Gaza Reconstruction, Economic Acceleration, and Transformation Trust. The project proposes the total displacement of more than two million inhabitants and turning the devastated territory into a technological and tourist paradise, nicknamed the Middle East Riviera. The connection with Jared Kushner and the Promised Land is presented as apocalyptic.

The Exact Point Where Analysis Stalls

The discussion drifts toward international legislation, described as theater until whoever has more rifles and guts decides whatever. It is remembered that Jews faced persecution in 1492 and between 1939 and 1945, and that now Israelis vent on Palestinians because they can; in a few years, it will be their turn. The fundamental question remains unanswered: whether a single-state solution for all people, regardless of creed, is viable, or if partition or annexation is the only way out. The analysis stops there, leaving the wound open.