1.0International Center for 9/11 Justicehttps://ic911.orgTedhttps://ic911.org/author/ted/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1e2QtounNN"><a href="https://ic911.org/commentary/this-genocide-is-also-about-oil-canals-and-trade-routes/">This Genocide is also about Oil, Canals and Trade Routes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ic911.org/commentary/this-genocide-is-also-about-oil-canals-and-trade-routes/embed/#?secret=1e2QtounNN" width="600" height="338" title="“This Genocide is also about Oil, Canals and Trade Routes” — International Center for 9/11 Justice" data-secret="1e2QtounNN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://ic911.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ak-header-pic.jpg1472828For over three months now the Israeli army has repeatedly attacked Palestinian civilian communities in both Gaza and the West Bank. Indeed, the U.N. has warned the international community about “a genocide” in the making.1 The Palestinian death toll has likely reached over 20,000 with about 50,000 wounded and where 70% of the casualties are women and children. Many thousands more are feared lost in the rubble or beyond the reach of ambulances. As of now, over 60% of the housing infrastructure has been so far destroyed and so are scores of hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, cultural sites, businesses and UN offices. The bloodletting and destruction perpetrated by the IDF is mounting as the US has blocked even a UNSCR vote for a cease fire, and Israel is refusing to heed the UN General Assembly call for a cease fire where 153 countries have voted for the resolution and only 10 countries voted against it on December 11, 2023. Though Israel and her supporters have framed the offense as a war against Hamas, many knowledgeable observers throughout the Middle East and beyond don’t accept this characterization. They believe other interests are behind the violence. A few other factors are believed to be at play here including oil and gas, particularly those in the eastern Mediterranean, the Ben Gurion’s Canal and the new trade route connecting India to Europe through Israel that the US is hoping to replace the Chinese Silk Road. These critical economic mega projects appear to be equally likely fundamental reasons behind this carnage. They are by no means the only objectives of the Israelis, but they constitute a credible set of reasons that explain the targeting the emptying of Gaza.