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\u00a0Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 August 6 Perspective<\/em><\/p>\n

(MoeMaKa,\u00a0 August 7, 2025):<\/p>\n

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Lessons for the World from the Genocide in Gaza<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On October 7<\/strong>, 2023\u2014just 20 days before<\/strong> Myanmar\u2019s \u201c1027 Operation\u201d\u2014armed Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip bulldozed through the border fences separating Gaza and Israel, using paramotors<\/strong> (motorized parachutes) to infiltrate Israeli territory. They attacked both security forces and civilians, including opening fire on a crowd at a music festival and taking around 200 hostages<\/strong> back into Gaza.<\/p>\n

Following that, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> launched a massive military response. Under the banner of defeating Hamas and rescuing hostages, the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces)<\/strong> began air and ground operations that have now lasted over one year and ten months<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Those closely following the news may already be familiar with all these events.<\/p>\n

According to Palestinian authorities, more than 2 million Palestinians<\/strong> live in the Gaza Strip. Since the beginning of Israel\u2019s operations, over 50,000 Palestinian civilians<\/strong> have died due to Israeli airstrikes and ground invasions. The actual number of Hamas fighters killed remains unclear, but the scale of civilian death is staggering.<\/p>\n

Recently, due to Israel\u2019s complete blockade<\/strong>, Palestinians have begun dying of starvation<\/strong>. Dozens have been killed while gathering at food distribution points due to Israeli and U.S.-supported security forces opening fire.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s prolonged blockade of Gaza<\/strong>\u2014cutting off food and aid\u2014is widely considered a war crime<\/strong>: using starvation as a weapon against civilians. The destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, and religious buildings, combined with continuous bombings and arrests, prompted the International Criminal Court (ICC)<\/strong> to issue arrest warrants<\/strong> for Netanyahu and Israel\u2019s Defense Minister. However, no actual arrests have taken place.<\/p>\n

While initially framed as a military operation to rescue hostages and eliminate Hamas, Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has continued well beyond<\/strong> that scope. With nearly all infrastructure in Gaza destroyed, Netanyahu\u2019s recent statements that Israel will permanently control Gaza<\/strong> reveal that the real goal is annexation<\/strong>, not just fighting Hamas.<\/p>\n

Israel may not be aiming to kill all 2 million Palestinians outright, but it is creating conditions<\/strong> so dire that Palestinians will be forced to leave Gaza<\/strong>. The Strip, only 25 miles long and 4 to 7 miles wide<\/strong>, has seen over 50,000 civilian deaths<\/strong> in under two years\u2014a scale hard to compare<\/strong> to any other modern war or invasion.<\/p>\n

Despite this devastation, Israel continues to receive support from powerful Western nations like the U.S., Germany, and the U.K.<\/strong> Their complicity has become impossible to ignore<\/strong>. While they could not claim ignorance of the civilian toll, these governments still fund, arm, and politically support<\/strong> the Netanyahu regime\u2014often hiding behind the rhetoric of Israel’s “right to self-defense.”<\/p>\n

This has exposed how powerless the world is<\/strong> to stop war crimes and genocides<\/strong>, even in the 21st century. Gaza now joins Rwanda and Kosovo in the shameful list of modern genocides that were not prevented.<\/p>\n

Instead of stepping in to stop a genocide<\/strong>, powerful countries have prioritized their own economic and strategic interests<\/strong>, supplying weapons and technology to enable the atrocities. This will go down as a dark stain in global history<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since October 7, 2023, and especially once civilian death tolls reached the tens of thousands, legal scholars and political analysts<\/strong> around the world have begun calling what is happening in Gaza a genocide<\/strong>. Still, the U.S., Germany, and much of Europe have continued their support of Israel.<\/p>\n

Now, as images of famine and mass suffering<\/strong> emerge daily, and even as Israeli forces fire into crowds<\/strong> of Palestinians gathering for food aid, some Western leaders have started mentioning the idea<\/strong> of a Palestinian state\u2014as a belated and insincere gesture of reconciliation.<\/p>\n

The lesson from Gaza<\/strong> is this: even in a hyper-connected world where events are broadcast globally within minutes, the international community has allowed over 50,000 civilians<\/strong> to be killed in the name of “self-defense.”<\/p>\n

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In Myanmar<\/strong>, as the civil war drags on, we must ask: If the world could watch Gaza burn<\/strong>, would it really step in to stop similar atrocities in Myanmar?<\/p>\n

With that realization, we must understand that the resolution to Myanmar’s crisis must come from within<\/strong>. It\u2019s time to stop hoping for external intervention and start focusing on what we ourselves can do to end military dictatorship and war<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 August 6 Perspective (MoeMaKa,\u00a0 August 7, 2025): Lessons for the World from the Genocide in Gaza On October 7, 2023\u2014just 20 days before Myanmar\u2019s \u201c1027 Operation\u201d\u2014armed Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip bulldozed through the border…<\/p>\n

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