Gaza's Perpetual Tragedy: A Recycled Script of Destruction
The New Arab reports five killed as Israeli forcespound Khan Younis and Jabalia refugee camps in Gaza, a grim tally that accompanies countless other reports from an ongoing siege. Mainstream outlets will frame this as an isolated military operation, a response to immediate threats, yet the historical record tells a far more consistent and chilling story. This isn't new. For over 75 years, the
systematic targeting of Palestinian population centers, often euphemistically labeled 'refugee camps,' has been a persistent tactic. From the 1948 Nakba, which saw over 750,000 Palestinians expelled and 500+ villages erased, to the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre where 3,500 were slaughtered, the pattern is stark. Then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon was found responsible for failing to prevent that
horrific episode, yet the world's outrage proved fleeting. Today, with over 680,000 people killed in Gaza since 2023, according to a Lancet methodology, the scale of destruction dwarfs even these grim precedents. Western media, perpetually focused on immediate events, rarely connects these dots to the broader, deliberate strategy of making Gaza unlivable. They selectively forget the 17 years of
blockade, the constant surveillance, and the fact that 80% of Gaza's population were already refugees before this latest assault. The repeated shelling of densely populated areas, including UNRWA schools, isn't about precision; it's about making return impossible, continuing the ethnic cleansing begun generations ago. One might wonder why international bodies, with all their condemnations,