ALPAY AHMED: "UNDER THE SLOGAN OF DEFENDING ITS POPULATION, ISRAEL IS HOLDING A POLICY OF MASS TERMINATION OF CIVILIANS"
Today.Az
07 January 2009 [13:20]
After reading the recent interview of Oqtay Atakhan, regarding events
in the Gaza strip, one can think that the speaker is not the chairman
of the Humanist party of Azerbaijan, but a representative of the
ultra-radical Israeli party "Shas", which is absolutely rejecting
the interests of Arabians in this region.
"Historian" Atakhan says in open that "this is an ancient land of
Jews", implying Gaza, where fierce fights are currently held. Most
historians, including Jewish scientists, consider that both Jews and
Arabians lived in this land since ancient. Love to Jews and antipathy
towards Arabians led this "specialist on genetics" to the conclusion
that Arabians have a kinship with Armenians and we, Azerbaijanis, with
Jews. But when we further see his reaction on the events in the region,
it becomes obvious that the cynicism of this person has no boundaries.
How can a chairman of the so-called "Humanistic party of Azerbaijan"
close eyes on the brutal atrocities against civilians in Gaza? How
can "a humanist" justify termination of families, firing at schools,
hospitals, kindergartens, where women and children are hiding from air
offensive, calling it the obliged measures of self-defense by Israel?
One needs not be a military specialists to see that the aim of
the Tel-Aviv’s policy is not only termination of Hamas, but also
intimidation of the Arabian population, suppression of the spirit of
resistance. It is not clear for a person, who "has long been watching
the conflict" that under the slogan of defending its population,
Israel is holding a policy of mass termination of civilians?
I do not support Hamas’ policy, but it should be noted for justice
that on the whole this movement did not violate ceasefire for a
year. In late December of the last year, denouncing this regime, it
sent several rockets to Israel, where some people were just slightly
wounded. But there was an opportunity for resumption of further talks
for the resolution of this conflict.
The murder of about 600 people can not be justified referring to the
need to defend civilians in Israel. Atakhan did not say a word about
hundreds of killed Arabians, perhaps because of their kinship to
Armenians. He is far from the concept of Muslim solidarity, for his
antipathy to Islam as a religion is well known. But when a person,
who calls himself "a humanist" is indifferent to cruelty towards
civilians, he can be called no one but a cynic.