– Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.
Israeli Occupation and How Leaders Mislead the Masses
An insane and defiant Israeli PM Netanyahu refuses to remedy his mental microscope. All actions have consequences. People and leaders of knowledge and truth do not act in stupidity and cunning of rooted insolence and treacherous behaviour. Over the century, the continued blueprint of “Greater Israel” invokes history of forced expulsion of Palestinians, massacres of civilians and immoral immunity extended by Western allies.
Ironically, Germany, UK, France, Denmark and Slovenia call an emergency session of the Security Council to warn Israel of its catastrophic consequences if Gaza is occupied by force. What if these nations had a responsible moral and political stance to stop Israel from killing and forcible displacement of people of Gaza and West Bank? What if they would organise a multi-national force to protect the civilians and provide foods and medicine to Gazans? A dubious lip service entails no credibility and force of reason.
The Tel Aviv billboard propagates Trump, Netanyahu and Arab leaders standing in subordination. Stephen M. Walt, a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine and the Robert and Renée Belfer caption it: (“Meet the New Middle East, Same as the Old Middle East.” Foreign Policy: 8/07/25): But at the same time, the brutality of Israel’s assault on Gaza is undermining political support for Israel in both U.S. political parties and around the world.
As former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas recently observed in the New Republic, 60 percent of Americans now disapprove of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, and recent polls show that a majority (53 percent) have an unfavorable image of that country. Leading newspapers are denouncing Israel’s actions with growing frequency, and distinguished experts on genocide – including in Israel itself – are increasingly accusing Israel of that heinous crime. Is there a cure to cruelty against the innocent masses of Palestine? The Arab-Muslim leaders are nowhere to be seen to challenge the insanity of war or occupation of the people of Palestine. The Israeli occupation scheme of things exposes dreadful tragedy to goad humanity in great surprises.
President Trump appears to echo the policies and practices pursued by PM Netanyahu as if the rest of the conscientious global community does not exist. Israeli public continued to protest daily against Nentanyahu’s self-centred manipulations and demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end of war. Israelis and Palestinians live in fear of mutual annihilation. The US and some of the West European leaders giggled and watched the genocidal events happening during bombing of Gaza. Effective leaders know their moral and intellectual strength and weaknesses and never use military options as the sole strategy of political hegemony.
Contrary to the lesson of history, America and Israel view war as a favoured strategy to conclude a finished answer to Palestine. If America and West Europe wanted, the war on Gaza could have been averted into a peace dialogue. While an unbridgeable disconnect is noticeable, Western leaders rely on making false statements about the Two States solution. Most often impressionistic predicaments are not grounded on solid evidence supporting people’s lifelines in Gaza and occupied West Bank in Palestine.
The indiscriminate bombing of Gaza destroyed all the basic norms of human civility, decency and survival of the civilian masses. The American-Israeli collaborative war on Gaza and its immediate consequences made the Western world and all of its institutions shamefully redundant and void in the 21stcentury global norms of civility, human rights, freedom, justice and safety of civilians.
The People of Gaza Deserve Security not Starvation and Genocide was Preventable
B’tselm, an Israeli Human Rights Organisation puts the sole blame on Netanyahu for Genocide in Gaza. Accerf, a Knesset member was thrown out of the Knesste when he spoke of “Genocide in Gaza.” Thanos Kalamidas, Editor, The OVI Magazine, Sweden (“The Ovi history eMagazine 30thAnniversary of Srebrenica Massacre”, August 2025), noted:
Genocide does not happen spontaneously. It is a deliberate process, engineered through propaganda, dehumanisation, and the gradual erosion of moral boundaries… If Srebrenica teaches us anything, it is that genocide is preventable but only if we are willing to act… The genocide in Srebrenica was not an isolated act of barbarism …Thirty years later, the echoes of Srebrenica still resonate. Mass graves continue to be discovered, survivors still seek justice, and denial of the genocide persists, even among those in power… From Rwanda to Darfur, from Myanmar to Syria and now to Gaza, the warning signs were there, yet the world looked away.
Human glory lives in the conception of good and righteousness, not in wickedness and genocidal plans.
Please see: https://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/2023/10/31/the-war-on-gaza-humanity-is-being-destroyed-by-the-madness-of-war-and-inept-leadership.php; and “Gaza: War on We, the People and Arab-Muslim’s Shame”
The 22 months continued onslaught sounds like thousands of years of prolonged insanity that mankind has never witnessed except the TWO World Wars. Israeli leaders have dropped equal to more than three Hiroshima atomic bombs on Gaza. The spacious Earth is a trust not to be bombed and destroyed. We live on Earth that sustains all forms of living things. The Earth is a living entity and is meant for us – the human beings, not for bombardment and destruction. “God is nearer to human being than his/her jugular vein”, tells the Divine Revelation (50:16), and another staunch warning (Chapter 7: 56: The Quran), spells out: Do not mischief on the Earth after it hath been set in order, but call on God with fear and longing in hearts; For the Mercy of God is always near to those who do good. Do we mankind have any collective sense of responsibility and accountability to protect the Earth and its imperatives of life?
False pretence to innocence leads to preposterous consequences. Rationality reminds us to recall the horrors of the WW-II and injustice to Jewish people, but Netanyahu thinks of self-interest foremost whereas injustice, human degradation and starvation could well happen to Israeli or any other people, history witnesses the narrative.
Most Israeli masses stand in solidarity against the extremist policies and practices of PM Netanyahu. If the Israeli leaders believe in Jewish faith, the killing of innocent people is prohibited in the Ten Commandments (Torah): “Thou shalt not kill’ (Exod. 20:13; also Deut. 5:17). Jewish law views the shedding of innocent blood very seriously, and lists murder as one of three sins (along with idolatry and sexual immorality), that fall under the category of yehareg ve’al ya’avor – meaning “One should let himself be killed rather than violate it.” According to Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague: ‘Jewish law forbids the killing of innocent people, even in the course of a legitimate military engagement.”
Israeli extremist leaders appear immune from any accountability for crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza. The Arab-Muslim states be it Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan or Qatar have no capacity to halt the aggression and occupation of Palestine. President Trump and West Europeans could well determine who would be the next King of Arabia – be a fellow from the People of the Book – an Israeli such as Netanyahu?
[Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specialises in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution and has spent several academic years across the Russian-Ukrainian and Central Asian regions knowing the people, diverse cultures of thinking and political governance and a keen interest in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including: Global Humanity and Remaking of Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution for the 21st Century and Beyond, Barnes and Noble Press, USA, 2025 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/global-humanity-and-remaking-of-peace-security-and-conflict-resolution-for-the-21st-century-and-beyond-mahboob-a-khawaja/1147150197?ean=9798317619374 and We, The People in Search of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. KDP-Amazon.com, 05/2025 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6V6CH5]
