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Analysts and academics unanimously agreed that deterring Israel from committing more crimes against the Palestinians is through imposing international sanctions on it and stopping the supply of weapons. They stressed the importance of Arab countries, especially influential ones, putting pressure on Israel’s allies.
The occupation army committed another crime on Thursday night, killing more than 100 Palestinians and wounding about 800, while they were waiting for humanitarian aid near the Nabulsi roundabout on Al-Rashid Street in the northern Gaza Strip.
International reactions to this crime varied between anger, condemnation, and a sense of horror and shock. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he called the fatal incident, and said that what happened required an independent and effective investigation.
Commenting on the international reactions, Dr. Ziad Majed, professor of political science at the American University in Paris, said that there is a change in the international view of Israel because of its crimes in Gaza, but this change will not lead to curbing the Israeli killing machine without sanctions imposed on the occupation and stopping the export of The weapons are his, and without pushing the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, to carry out his duty related to investigating the crimes committed by Israel, including the recent crime in the north of the besieged Strip.
Dr. Majid pointed out that Israel will continue its crimes if international humanitarian intervention does not also occur, as happened during the siege of Sarajevo when the Europeans and Americans landed direct humanitarian aid.
He stressed the importance of putting pressure on the rulers of Western countries, and that there be Arab pressure in this direction, highlighting that international movements have great value and played a role in isolating the apartheid regime in South Africa.
In the opinion of Professor of Political Science at An-Najah National University, Dr. Hassan Ayoub, the American administration often ignores the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank, so the occupation will continue to shed Palestinian blood. He said, “Since Israel does not pay a price, it will continue its aggression and commit more massacres against the Palestinians.” .
The academic and expert on Israeli affairs, Dr. Muhannad Mustafa, went in the same direction, saying that the international pressures now being exerted on Israel are limited to political and diplomatic pressures and sometimes the hope that it will stop its aggression against Gaza, and as long as there is no serious pressure, Netanyahu will continue his crimes against the Palestinians. Especially since he markets himself internally as a solid and strong leader who stands up to the world.
Regarding the impact of the recent massacre in the northern Gaza Strip on the course of the war and the prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation, Dr. Mustafa said that Israel is counting on the weapon of starvation to pressure the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and try to impose its conditions on the truce agreement that is being negotiated.
Source: Al Jazeera