{"id":9712,"date":"2018-06-06T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T11:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cameraoncampus.org\/?p=9712"},"modified":"2018-06-06T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T11:58:52","slug":"agro-terrorism-is-the-last-straw-where-is-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cameraoncampus.org\/he\/blog\/agro-terrorism-is-the-last-straw-where-is-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Agro-Terrorism is the Last Straw, Where is the UN?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yoni Michanie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the resolutions and comments made by the United Nations throughout the past five decades demonstrating a clear institutional bias against the State of Israel, it is the international community\u2019s unwillingness to legally and explicitly define terrorism<\/a> which continues to perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through a well strategized victimization policy, the Palestinian Authority has overlooked Hamas\u2019 terror infrastructure aimed at targeting civilians and marketing of a \u201cresistance\u201d campaign by using Palestinian civilians as human shields. Despite my difficulty understanding how the international community has condoned the thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately or the clear evidence of using schools and hospitals as launching grounds, this new wave of agro-terrorism leaves little room to question Hamas\u2019 malicious tactics<\/a> against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Hamas has orchestrated violent confrontations with the IDF to revive attention to the Palestinian cause in a region where several other dynamics are shaping new politics and alliances. From clear land and maritime infiltrations into Israel proper, slingshots aimed at IDF soldiers, and of course, burning kites. Yet these kites receive little or no attention in the international community. The eyes of the world were once again focused on numbers and not the context of the situation. These same eyes clearly decided that as long as these burning kites were not responsible for any lives, it should not be labeled as violent. <\/span><\/p>\n

But the following numbers must be acknowledged and addressed nonetheless. Over six hundred incendiary kites were launched during these violent clashes and almost two hundred managed to land in Israel proper. These were responsible for countless fires throughout southern Israel and have destroyed over 9000 dunams (1 dunam= 10,763 sq. ft). With dozens of kibbutzim surrounding the Gaza Strip and relying heavily on agriculture, regions in the Negev Council will be faced with economic burdens that may prove too difficult for the communities to bear. The direct targeting of civilians and their livelihood must be acknowledged by the UN as terrorism, not resistance<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n