This week marks the anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila massacre at the hands of Israelis, which took place in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon between September 16-18 in 1982.
Muslims, who had fled their homes due to Israeli atrocities, had taken shelter in a refugee camp. At the commencement of the massacre, the Israeli Defence Forces completely surrounded the camp, and unleashed the massacre of unarmed innocent Palestinians.
Over 3,500 Muslims men, women and children lost their lives in less than three days. Not a mention of this grave incident has occurred in the media of imperialist countries, which spend hours and hours of their air time remembering the victims of 9/11.
The tragedy of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps was not an isolated incident. Israel, to date, continues with its oppressive policies against the Palestinians. The blockade of Gaza is still in place, which has made the Gaza strip the biggest prison in the world, where the people are denied their basic rights and continue to be harassed.
While Israel continues its oppression, the dictatorial regimes in the Muslim world, have largely remained silent, with their opposition climax amounting only to a mere OIC condemnation or appeal in the UN which ended up being vetoed by US. However, the advent of the Arab spring has queued up long standing dictators for a ride in a broken roller coaster.
Today, it is evident that the masses who have stood up bravely against the tyrant, will not sit back at the continuation of atrocities. It’s only a matter of time, before the aspirations of the brave Palestinians is materialised by an ideological state.
SHARIQUE NAEEM
Lahore
sorry but your history is very bad. The israeli troops did not massacre any palestinians. It was the lebanese marronite christians. Israels only fault in the eyes of the world is that they are accused of not preventing the massacre.
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