On the 7th of October, the terrorist organization Hamas launched an attack on Israil: Hamas terrorists murdered hundreds of civilians, captured some. I am not here to re-narrate the events. I am not going to how muslims around the world celebrated Hamas’ attack at first, thinking they will win this time, but seeing Israel started to have an upper hand, muslims and pro-palestinians all over-the-world started to cry: “Israel is killing civilians, innocents” we were told.
Also, I am not here to argue one side is wrong or the one side is right. Here, we shall suppose Israel is 100% wrong on this one and the terrorists were 100% victim. Let us suppose Israel is killing innocents there. I am here to draw your attention into another thing.
You know, pro-palestinian protest marches are being held around the world: they are mainly muslims but there are jew, christian, atheist etc pro-Palestinians as well.
No need for further examples. From Japan to Hawaii, pro-Hamas rallies are being held everyday. While these rallies all correspond to being pro-Hamas, I guess most of the time the actual intention of those people is pro-Palestine. Also, my aim in this writing is not consisted of this clash only – thus, I am using the term “pro-Palestine”.
As I said before, we are here supposing Israel is murdering innocents.
Now, let us think about the war in Yemen: Saudi-let coalition against supported-by-Iran opposition. The war has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. According to the UN, more than 21 million people need aid, including 11 million children, and more than 4.5 million are displaced. Severe acute malnutrition is threatening the lives of almost 400,000 children under the age of five. Yemen’s health system has collapsed, while the world’s largest cholera outbreak has killed thousands. The war has also damaged Yemen’s infrastructure, economy, and cultural heritage. Hundreds of infants and children were forced to starve to death. According to Unicef, “The humanitarian situation in the country is poised to get even worse between June and December 2022, with the number of people who likely will be unable to meet their minimum food needs in Yemen possibly reaching a record 19 million people in that period, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF alerted, following today’s release of a new Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) analysis on Yemen.”
Have you ever seen those pro-palestinians protesting Saudi Arabia and Iran? If, as we supposed here, Israel was killing innocents, are Saudi Arabia and Iran not killing innocents in Yemen?
Israel was widely alleged to have destroyed the Al-Ahly hospital and pro-Palestinians went mad about it, their voice got even louder as they felt they are politically right in an undisputable way: How come Israel can kill innocents? How come Israel can attack a hospital? Let us suppose it was attacked by Israel. If this was really the reason those muslims and pro-palestinians are protesting, let us consider how many hospitals has Saudi Arabia attacked in Yemen:
- Back in 2019, Associated Press reports that Saudi Arabia attacked (and destroyed) more than 130 hospitals in Yemen.
- Back in 2021, Losservatorio reports that Saudi-led coalition has destroyed more than 500 medical facilities.
- According to Human Rights Watch’s 2020 report on the Yemeni war:
- Saudi Arabia and Iran has killed 175 000 civilians.
- 20 million people are experiencing food insecurity.
- 10 million of them are on the risk of famine.
- Saudi-led coalition has executed more than 20 100 airstrikes, 12 times a day on average.
- Both sides have deployed child soldiers: under 18 and even under 15.
No need to go further: as much as evil Israel is alleged to be, so has to be argued Saudi Arabia and Iran for their actions in Yemen.
Yet, I am yet to even hear a single rally in which muslims gathered and condemned Saudi Arabia and Iran. When it is muslims that are doing the exact same things Israel is alleged to have done, the entire world ignores it, it goes unnoticed.
Now, coming back to the title, the question: What War in Yemen reveals about [majority of] muslims and pro-palestinians is that they are Jewophobs. They are just manifesting their Jewophobia by disguising it as “stance for innocents” etc.
We New Atheists do not fall for this ruse but so called intellectuals will stigmatize us as “islamophob” though…
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