1300 Palestenians and 13 Israelis were killed in the genocide that was euphemised as a war. The infuriating silence of International community disturbed me almost as much as Israels actions. Chavez had the balls, Hats off to Tayyip Ergodan, but much of the world resorted to token gestures which tantamounts to silence .
Sounds like a conspiracy theory enough, but the vested economic and military interests did have a role to play here. Nations like Iran, Venezuela, Syria and Turkey which expressed their dissent and took a more pro active stance are a lot less dependent on American consumption and military support than Saudi Arabia , U.A.E. or even India . While any outright action could lead to disastrous economic and military consequences for the later thanks to embryonic link between US and Israel, any apparent lack of support to Palestenian cause would only leave their political constituencies dissatisfied.
This is precisely the reason why many of the Arab nations are quick to express their condemnation at such instances but when Iranian Revolutionary Guard asks Islamic nations to use crude oil as a weapon to exert pressure on western backers of Israel, the requests go unheeded. Silence at such instances coupled with the dictatorial nature of regimes and economic woes, led to the emergence and popularity of Islamic groups in these nations.
Rahul Siddarthan had an interesting take on the popular right wing rhetoric of India emulating Israel.
There is a lot more than I want to talk about. In this regard. But maybe this poster that we made for the institute could do the talking for now.
