The ongoing genocide in Palestine is not a conflict, nor a territorial dispute, it is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an indigenous people at the hands of an apartheid regime, backed by the military and political might of the West. The so-called global defenders of democracy, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, have not only turned a blind eye but have actively enabled this mass extermination through weapons, diplomatic cover, and relentless propaganda that dehumanizes Palestinians. The only just and sustainable solution is immediate and unconditional recognition of full human rights for Palestinians, anything short of this is an endorsement of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.
For over a century, Zionist expansionism has been built on the forced removal, subjugation, and erasure of Palestinian existence. The Nakba of 1948 displaced over 800,000 Palestinians, the Naksa of 1967 further entrenched Israeli colonial rule, and today, we are witnessing the Gaza Genocide, where over 553,000 Palestinians have been killed through direct violence and deprivation, with the majority being women and children. This is not a war, it is extermination. It is a slow-motion holocaust orchestrated by a settler-colonial state that believes in Jewish supremacy over the indigenous people of the land.
The economic disparities between Israelis and Palestinians serve as undeniable proof of apartheid. While the average Israeli enjoys a per capita GDP of $55,000, occupied Palestinians struggle at $3,500, and those in Gaza barely survive on $1,000. The intentional economic strangulation, denial of essential services, and repeated military onslaughts are not isolated events but components of a long-standing strategy to make life unlivable for Palestinians, forcing them into exile or death. This is not just racism, it is genocide in broad daylight.
The hypocrisy of the West is staggering. The same nations that imposed global boycotts, divestments, and sanctions against apartheid South Africa for its institutionalized racism remain complicit in Israel’s far worse system of oppression. Israel’s violations of international law are blatant and numerous, it defies the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the Genocide Convention, the Apartheid Convention, and the Fourth Geneva Convention. And yet, rather than facing consequences, it is rewarded with increased military aid, economic partnerships, and unwavering diplomatic support from Western governments that claim to uphold human rights.
The silence of the West is deafening, but silence is complicity. The world had the moral clarity to act against South African apartheid after the Sharpeville Massacre, where 69 Black South Africans were murdered. What, then, is the justification for inaction when over half a million Gazans, nearly a quarter of the pre-war population, have been slaughtered? The answer is simple: racism and political cowardice. Western powers, hand-in-hand with Zionist lobbyists, refuse to acknowledge Palestinian humanity because doing so would require them to confront their own complicity in mass murder.
The only moral and practical solution is full, unconditional Palestinian liberation. The world must demand that Israel grant full human rights to all Palestinians, including the right to self-determination, the right of return, and the right to live free from military occupation and apartheid rule. If Israel refuses, the world must apply the same rigorous boycotts, divestments, and sanctions that ended white rule in South Africa. This is not a radical demand, it is the bare minimum for justice.
Global movements for liberation have always been met with resistance from entrenched powers, but history has proven that justice cannot be silenced forever. Zionist apartheid will fall just as South African apartheid did. The only question is how many more Palestinians must die before the world takes action. The international community cannot afford to wait another decade, another year, or another day. The genocide in Palestine must end now. Freedom for Palestine is not a distant dream, it is a moral imperative.
By Hon.Chimazuru Nnadi- Oforgu
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