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The Human Conscience Has a Significant Impact
1) The Turkish people turned against Erdoğan in the municipal elections for a fundamental reason: the Turkish voter could no longer tolerate Erdoğan's hypocrisy regarding his administration's duplicitous stance on the genocidal war waged by the Zionist settler-colonial Israeli occupation army. However, the press reports, articles, and analyses of the Turkish municipal elections did not focus on the impact of this fundamental reason on the Turkish voter's shift in opinion, nor did they appreciate its significance as a global electoral indicator for all elections worldwide, starting in January 2024, in general, and for American, Indian, British, and Israeli elections in particular. (I am preparing an article on the impact of this hypocrisy in the Turkish elections). 2) Following the killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers on Monday, April 1, and after Netanyahu acknowledged his country's responsibility for the bombing, claiming it was an "unintentional attack," and the Israeli army announced it had launched a "thorough investigation into the incident through the highest ranks of the military to understand all the circumstances," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call on Tuesday, April 2. Sunak said, "The UK may be forced to declare Israel a state in violation of international law." Channel 13 reported on Wednesday, April 3, that Sunak told Netanyahu that London might be compelled to declare Israel a "state in violation" of international humanitarian law, in light of the killing of the seven aid workers employed by the World Central Kitchen in the Gaza Strip. Three of them were British (see attached photo). Channel 13 reported that Sunak told Netanyahu, "The harm done to the aid workers is intolerable." “I understand that your policy is to allow humanitarian aid to pass through as needed, but in reality, that is not happening,” he added. “Britain supports the elimination of Hamas—but not at the cost of a humanitarian catastrophe. Without increased aid, we may be forced to declare Israel a state in violation of international humanitarian law. That is not good for either of us.” According to the channel, Netanyahu responded to Sunak, saying, “In the coming days, you will indeed see an increase in humanitarian aid.” The channel added that Sunak urged Netanyahu during the call to allow Britain to “inspect the situation of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.” Netanyahu responded, “It is difficult to allow visits, and our captives are suffering atrocities…” For its part, Netanyahu’s office responded to a request for comment from the Hebrew channel, saying that “the Prime Minister expressed to the British Prime Minister his regret over the killing of the aid workers, but defended Israeli interests within the context of the war.” Following the incident, the World Central Kitchen announced on Tuesday that it was suspending its humanitarian aid operations in Gaza, expressing its shock. Thus, Israel has achieved its objective with the strike: to tighten the siege and exacerbate hunger within the context of its ongoing genocidal war. Therefore; Sunak, who had announced the possibility of bringing forward the British elections from 2025 to 2024, seems to have abandoned that idea altogether and is now leaning towards postponing them to 2026. What does Sunak have to say to the letter from 600 lawyers, including three retired judges from the Supreme Court—the highest court in the country, according to The Guardian—stating that “the UK government is violating international law by continuing to arm Israel”?
3) The Biden administration approved the transfer of thousands of additional bombs to Israel on the same day that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen charity, three US officials told The Washington Post this week after the incident sparked global condemnation. This deal demonstrates the administration’s determination to continue the flow of lethal weapons to Israel despite Monday’s high-profile killings and growing calls for the US to link this support to greater protection for civilians in the war zone. An American citizen was among the dead. This move also sheds new light on the emotional rhetoric President Biden said he was "outraged and heartbroken" by the tragedy and was determined that such events would never happen again.
4) Then, on Thursday, April 4, President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu engaged in a phone call, with Biden informing Netanyahu that the United States would reassess its policy toward the war in Gaza if Israel did not take immediate steps to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Strip and protect aid workers. White House spokesman John Kirby said, "In the coming hours and days, we will be looking for concrete, tangible steps they will take." Kirby said the president made the call to Netanyahu specifically because of the deadly airstrike, adding that Biden was "shaken" by the attack.
The president made the call to Netanyahu specifically because of the deadly airstrike. a) Biden’s role is contingent on AIPAC’s guidance: Biden clarified that Israel needs to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address the harm inflicted on civilians, the humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers, according to the White House summary of the resolution. He explained that U.S. policy regarding Gaza will be determined by our assessment of the immediate action Israel takes on these steps. Notably, this is the first time Biden has indicated a willingness to reassess his unwavering support for the Israeli campaign in Gaza, amid growing pressure from prominent Democrats to condition arms sales to Israel as the death toll in Gaza surpasses 33,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The president’s rhetoric regarding Israel’s handling of the crisis has intensified, but he has yet to directly warn Israel of consequences if it does not change course. It also represents a rare moment in recent decades when the United States has indicated that its support for Israel is not entirely unconditional. (Prepare an article on AIPAC’s guardianship of Biden.) b) Netanyahu’s role is also contingent on AIPAC’s guidance: Israel’s security cabinet announced new measures Thursday evening to allow more aid into Gaza, including the reopening of the Erez border crossing. This move follows a phone call between President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which Biden warned that U.S. policy toward Israel could change unless steps were taken to allow more aid and protect non-combatants in Gaza. “This increased aid will prevent a humanitarian crisis and is essential to ensuring the continuation of the fighting and the achievement of the war aims,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement after the security cabinet meeting on Thursday. Aid groups and even some of Israel’s Western supporters have criticized Israel for not doing enough to facilitate aid deliveries to Gaza. National Security Council spokeswoman Adrian Watson said in a statement Thursday that the Biden administration welcomed the new commitments, including pledges to “open the port of Ashdod for direct aid deliveries to Gaza, open the Erez crossing for a new aid delivery route to northern Gaza, and significantly increase deliveries from Jordan directly to Gaza.” Watson stated that the United States is prepared to coordinate with Israel, neighboring governments, and humanitarian organizations "to ensure these critical steps are implemented and lead to a significant increase in humanitarian aid reaching desperately needed civilians throughout Gaza in the coming days and weeks."
5) Conclusion: Reflecting on the above narrative leads to the following conclusion: The awakening of human conscience, reflected in the mass popular protests demanding an end to the genocidal war and the cessation of hostilities, as well as the provision of humanitarian aid, has reached an unprecedented and impactful peak—a qualitative moral and material shift with positive implications for change in all countries, both democratic and non-democratic, within the context of a multipolar world order. It has become a global, objective factor playing a crucial role, alongside the roles of the resistance factions and the struggle of the Palestinian people, in achieving victory. This underscores the impossibility of achieving the goals of Israel and its allies. Those whose hands are stained with the blood of Palestinian children, women, the elderly, and civilians—whether through killing, displacement, starvation, lies, hypocrisy, or duplicity—such as Erdogan, Biden, Macron, Modi, and Sunak, are completely exposed and naked. They are isolated and will be held accountable now and in the future, regardless of the type or amount of humanitarian aid their countries have provided. Meanwhile, the presidents and leaders who have defended the rights of the Palestinian people, called for humanitarian truces and ceasefires, stressed the necessity of delivering humanitarian aid, and demanded an end to the genocidal war, stand tall and are deserving of appreciation and respect.
(Undated photos released by World Central Kitchen (top row from left to right): Palestinian Saif Al-Din Essam Ayad Abu Taha, Australian citizen Lalzaumi "Zumi" Frankcum, Polish citizen Damian Sobol, US-Canadian citizen Jacob Fleckinger, and in the bottom row three Britons (from left to right): John Chapman, James "Jim" Henderson and James Kirby, seven charity workers killed in Monday's Israeli air raid in Gaza.)