Grave Desecration: Just Another Day in the 'Rules-Based Order'
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream news is reporting that Israeli forces have been deliberately bulldozing and desecrating Palestinian cemeteries in Gaza, exhuming bodies and disturbing graves during military operations, causing immense grief to the besieged population. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This is not an aberration; it's a feature of dispossession. During the Nakba in 1948,
over 500 Palestinian villages were ethnically cleansed, and many of their cemeteries were flattened, built over, or converted, in an effort to erase Palestinian presence. This pattern continued, with some of Jerusalem's oldest Muslim cemeteries, like Mamilla, being partly turned into parking lots or parks following the 1967 occupation. The destruction of resting places is a symbolic and literal
attempt to sever ties to the land, extending the violence even to the dead. Double Standard: Imagine the global outrage, the UN condemnations, the extensive media coverage if Russian forces were systematically bulldozing Ukrainian cemeteries, exhuming bodies, and using the sites for military maneuvers. The language would be 'barbarism,' 'war crimes,' and 'cultural genocide.' When it happens in
Gaza, it’s framed as an unfortunate byproduct of 'security operations' or, as in some instances, 'searching for hostages' – a claim rarely substantiated with evidence for such widespread destruction. Follow the Money: The continued impunity for such acts is underwritten by the $3.8 billion annually the US provides in military aid to Israel, alongside significant lobbying efforts by groups like