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BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A
humanitarian disaster is
threatening civilian lives in Palestinian
cities and villages
where Israeli troops ride roughshod over the human
rights of
Palestinians.
Innocent civilians have been
massacred; men have been arrested;
houses have been destroyed; women,
children and the elderly have
been made homeless; and there is no food
or water.
In face of such a terrible and horrendous
situation occurring
in the West Bank, people can not help but raise an
outcry against
the Israeli government to cease and desist and stop
trampling on
humanity!
People around the world will
not forget the inhuman treatment
and massacre of the Jewish people
during World War II. The Jewish
people still bear the scars of their
suffering. As it was pointed
out by a Jewish leader, the cruel
treatment of Jews "can be
forgiven, but not forgotten." But what is
now going on in the West
Bank means that the Israeli government's
actions are no different
than their previous persecutors. Some seem to
have forgotten the
pain as soon as the wounds healed. Palestinians in
this region are
experiencing the same suffering the Jewish people
experienced
during World War II. This too is also a sad part of human
history.
Yet today's humanitarian catastrophe facing the
Palestinians is
nothing but the continuation of Israel's policy of
collective
punishment and retaliation against some individual
Palestinians
extreme actions against Israel. Israeli troops used to
demolish
arab houses,raze woods, block roads or isolate whole
villages,
forcing pregnant women to gave birth to children on the road
and
cause patients to die for being deprived access to a
hospital.
Ignoring the international community's repeated
warnings, the
Israeli government has acted with indifference to
Palestinians and
have violated international laws and principles that
protect human
rights. The Israeli troops on Monday even waged attacks
on the
refugee camp in Jenin, creating incredibly horrible scenes of
death and destruction and went far in their complete disregard of
human life.
The Israeli government has become
more abusive and violent,
attempting to break their will and
resistance to Israel's illegal
occupation. The Israeli government
however hasn't realized that
the tougher it treats the Palestinian
people, the greater
Palestinians' hatred toward Israel grows. In the
long run, Israel
can only face a deteriorating security situation, and
it will
never force the Palestinian people to accept its illegal
occupation.
Neither did the Israel government expect
that its refusal to
allow international human rights and aide groups'
to investigate
the Jenin camp would arouse the anger of people around
the world.
The United Nations top human rights body condemned Israel
on
Monday for its "mass murders" of Palestinians and demanded it end
its military offensive in the occupied territories. If the Israel
government doesn't stop its outrages at once, it will earn itself
eternal infamy in history. Enditem
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