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| State of Israel מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل | |
|---|---|
| Capital (claimed) | Jerusalem |
| Official languages | Hebrew |
| Recognized languages | Arabic English |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| History | |
• Declaration | 14 May 1948 |
Not to be confused with the historic region, the Land of Israel
Israel, officially known as the State of Israel, is a state with limited recognition occupying most of Palestine.
The modern State of Israel has its roots in the Zionist movement, a political ideology centered around the creation of a Jewish state to replace Palestine. While many Zionists may be Jewish, most Zionists are Christians. Of the 100 million evangelical Christians in the United States of America, Zionists constitute more than 72%.[1] This number of evangelical Zionists, in the USA alone, outnumbers the number of Jewish people worldwide, which is no more than 20 million.
In the spirit of national self-determination, proposals for a Jewish State have been made by socialists such as Joseph Stalin, but the British Empire's plan to settle the already-populous region of Palestine have been likened to settler colonialism, especially considering the apartheid-like conditions under which the Palestinians live.
Today, most communists see Israel as a settler ethnostate with aims to eliminate the Palestinian population (see below). Other minorities are also targeted, such as non-white Jews (notably from Ethiopia or Morocco), who are forcefully sterilised[2] or forced to emigrate from Israel. These populations were originally brought in to give Zionists legitimacy over Palestine but since this has been achieved, they are now the targets of genocide as well.
Economy
Despite being a small state, Israel is the eighth largest arms exporter in the world. In 2019, it exported $9 million worth of military equipment and software.[3] It has provided military aid to the anti-Assad Free Syrian Army[4] and the Islamic State.
International recognition
As of December 2020, Israel has received international recognition by 164 of the other 192 UN member states. Besides not having diplomatic relations, Israel's sovereignty is disputed by some countries.
Israeli ethnostate
According to whistleblower Eran Efrati (with many other ex-IDF soldiers saying the same), Israeli children are exposed to supremacist propaganda since kindergarten. IDF soldiers visit children in schools at all ages throughout the year to talk to them about the greatness of Israel and Israelis, and how they are justified in seizing land from the Palestinians. These visits also serve another purpose: they reinforce the legitimacy of the IDF, so that children grow up to see it positively and, when conscripted, are proud to join and obey orders.
History of genocide against Palestine
20th century
21st century
- In 2008, the United Nations Human Rights council mandated a report delving into the situation between Gaza and Israel.[5] It found many crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinians, including:
- that the blockade does not exonerate Israel from providing humanitarian aid to Gaza (which they don't do),
- inadequate warnings against bomb strikes, including the use of white phosphorus weapons against hospitals which are not military targets,
- indiscriminate bombing in Gaza in retaliation for pinpointed strikes from Hamas (Hamas gives advance warning of their rocket fires which gives ample time for Israel to evacuate the population in shelters, most of which will be caught by the Iron Dome, both of which Gaza does not have),
- violent, degrading, and arbitrary detentions of Palestinian civilians,
- deliberate military disproportion used in retaliation.
- Over the course of seven weeks 2014, Israel killed over 500 Palestinian children and 850 adults in Gaza. Four boys playing at a beach in Gaza were killed by navy precision missiles, although Israel claimed this was an "honest mistake."[6]
- In October 2015, the Institute for Middle East Understanding shared quotes from senior Israeli government officials[7] depicting supremacist and racist statements against the Palestinian people in particular.
- The Israeli Defense Force, Israel's military branch, receives and executes orders to shoot children with live ammunition. It was made most apparent during the 2018 Great March of Return, during which Palestinians peacefully marched towards the fence isolating Gaza, and were fired at with live ammunition including an as-of-yet unidentified chemical agent. Children also participated in this protest, of which 46 were killed by the IDF[8], many of them shot by snipers. As whistleblower Eran Efrati explained,[9] soldiers do not decide by themselves to fire live ammunition—the order has to be decided, then given out to the soldier who executes it, then relayed back to command. Therefore, these can not be the acts of lone soldiers
- In 2019, Israel began an extensive facial recognition program in the West Bank. One former Israeli soldier described it as the IDF's "secret 'Facebook for Palestinians.'"[10]
- In 2020, Israel used the spyware Pegasus against six Palestinian activists. Three of them were working with human rights groups designated as terrorist organizations by Israel.[11]
References
- ↑ Pew Research (2014) Strong support for Israel in U.S. cuts across religious lines
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/28/ethiopian-women-given-contraceptives-israel
- ↑ George Chakma India (2021-11-09). "Israel, the arms industry and global capitalism" The International. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ Daniel J. Levy (2019-02-03). "Israel Just Admitted Arming anti-Assad Syrian Rebels. Big Mistake" Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-48.pdf
- ↑ Jonathan Cook (2021-11-26). "‘Honest Mistakes’: How US and Israel Justify Targeting and Killing Civilians" Antiwar.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ https://imeu.org/article/extremism-incitement-to-racial-hatred-senior-israeli-officials-in-their-own
- ↑ https://www.un.org/unispal/document/two-years-on-people-injured-and-traumatized-during-the-great-march-of-return-are-still-struggling/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkxJd88xkBU
- ↑ Brett Wilkins (2021-11-10). "‘Organized State Terrorism’: Palestinians Condemn New Israeli Surveillance Revelations" Antiwar.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-16. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Pegasus used to spy on six Palestinian human rights activists, finds investigation" (2021-11-10). Peoples Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2022-05-07.