{"id":800,"date":"2014-07-24T20:12:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T20:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/?p=800"},"modified":"2014-07-24T20:12:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T20:12:49","slug":"selective-rage-in-the-land-of-indiscriminate-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/selective-rage-in-the-land-of-indiscriminate-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective rage in the land of indiscriminate violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
Israel has been waging a dishonourable war against Palestinian civilians. \u00a0As the UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay said, \u201cthere seems to be a strong possibility that international law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes”.<\/p>\n
Horrific images of Gaza\u2019s blown up children are enough to justify calling this a \u201cdirty war\u201d.<\/p>\n
A just war is fought with the aim of reaching peace. \u00a0Dishonorable, dirty wars, in which everyone including civilians is a legitimate target, destroy the prospect of making peace.<\/p>\n
The ultimate form of a dirty war is terrorism; be it conducted by an armed group or a state. Today, we have far too many dirty wars raging in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
In a region ripped apart by violence and abuse, \u00a0the slaughter of large numbers of\u00a0 innocent people in Gaza has only raised a blunted international response so far.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the ancient Christian community of Mosul in northern Iraq has faced a deadline to submit to Islamic State\u2019s rule and pay a religious tax or leave. While the world\u2019s attention was directed to Israeli cruelty and injustice against Palestinians, people who had lived in Iraq for two millennia had been expelled from their homeland without many people noticing or protesting.<\/p>\n