Opinion

Palestine-Israel: blood on our hands as well – Vinod Sekhar

World must act more swiftly, aggressively to prevent more bloodshed in Gaza

Updated 2 years ago · Published on 30 Oct 2023 8:44PM

Palestine-Israel: blood on our hands as well – Vinod Sekhar
What is happening in Palestine is not a religious matter: both Muslim and Christian Palestinians suffer.  And it’s not a war, regardless how much Israel would like to call it one. – AFP pic, October 30, 2023

WHAT is happening in Palestine is not a religious matter: both Muslim and Christian Palestinians suffer. 

And it’s not a war, regardless how much Israel would like to call it one. 

What war takes the lives of more than 3,000 innocent children in a week? What war calls a toddler a terrorist? 

When will the West stand up and take responsibility for allowing these crimes against humanity? 

Are they not white enough? Do they not speak with an acceptable accent? 

Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet are criminals; they are now blatantly committing acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing.

But let’s be clear here: the blood is on our hands as well. 

The world’s governments must act and must take responsibility. And the longer we take to act, the more blood we will all be responsible for. 

What is the point in fighting against climate change, or for cleaner oceans, if we are not even more aggressively fighting for the lives of children – the same children we hope will live in a cleaner environment and swim in cleaner oceans?

It’s time to get global priorities right. All countries must live by international law and by the United Nations’ resolutions. 

We cannot have one country continuing to believe they are so special that they can skip the laws they find inconvenient.

All civilisations are judged by how they treat their children.

The children represent the future. 

What does this say about our future? – The Vibes, October 30, 2023

Datuk (Dr) Vinod Sekhar is chairman and chief executive of PETRA Group

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