NATURE IS ANTI-ZIONIST

Even nature is tired of Israel. Watch as a bird takes the Israeli flag off a pole in this 2023 viral video, a lighthearted moment amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions in the region. Middle East Eye reported the incident occurred at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

It reflects the frustration of many worldwide as Israel becomes increasingly belligerent. In the past two years, Israel has militarily attacked Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran as it continues its onslaught on Gaza, ongoing since 7 October 2023. And for more than seven decades before that, it was occupying Palestine and imposing what many human rights organisations call ‘apartheid.’

The US appears willing to get even more involved than it has been following Israel’s 13 June strike against Iran, k*lling at least 639. Washington’s insistence that Iran should not acquire a nuclear weapon, despite its ally, Israel, possessing an undeclared amount, is hypocritical. What’s worse is the US is the only country to have dropped nuclear weapons on civilians. 

Critics have pointed to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea possessing nuclear weapons as the reason the US has not invaded it and that Libya giving up its nukes left it open to the 2011 US-led NATO invasion.

What should Africa take away from the recent events in the region?