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<h1 class="reader-title">Christchurch Mosque Massacre: Feigning
Indifference about Israel's Role as Architect of Islamophobia
Is Unforgivable</h1>
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<p><strong>By <a
href="http://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/iqbal-jassat"
title="Display all articles for Iqbal Jassat">Iqbal
Jassat</a></strong></p>
<p><span>Violent brutality often seen on cinema screens as
well as TV and online broadcasts – a hallmark of
Hollywood, always ends with a sigh of relief in the
knowledge that fiction triumphed over reality. “Dead”
actors wake up and walk, ready to “die” and walk again
in sequel after sequel of blockbuster movies,
enthralling millions of eager viewers demanding more
of the same. </span></p>
<p><span>Whether films depict wars or drama and yes,
entertainment too, blood curling violence, murder,
rape and hate crimes appear to be intimately
entrenched in the script. Though reviewers and critics
do often question validity of gratuitous violence, it
seems scriptwriters and producers are of the opinion
that blood sells. And that the more bloodshed the more
popular films will be to rake in huge profits.</span></p>
<p><span>Unfortunately for the victims and families of the
#ChristchurchMosqueMassacres in New Zealand, the
reality of being mowed down in cold blood was far
removed from fiction. Though the killer resorted to
filming his ghastly crime via real-time digital media
as he calmly proceeded to pump bullets into the bodies
of Muslim women, men and children, they will not walk
again. </span></p>
<p><span>The orgy of death in the sacred precincts of
mosques has shocked the world. That it was captured on
video and has gone viral, depicting the utter
ruthlessness of the killer splattering blood of
innocent worshippers, has sparked fury. </span></p>
<p><span>Pressure on social media platforms to halt
further broadcasts showing depravity of the
perpetrator’s killing spree may be an idea to not
reward him with his “scoop”, but the larger question
remains unanswered: who are his scriptwriters?</span></p>
<blockquote data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">You are one of the chief global
inciters of Islamophobia and an ally of white
supremacists and Nazis. <a
href="https://t.co/y9bhk89dq5">https://t.co/y9bhk89dq5</a></p>
<p>— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) <a
href="https://twitter.com/AliAbunimah/status/1106543120680976385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March
15, 2019</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span>There is no doubt in my mind that Ali Abunimah’s
tweet correctly singles out Israeli war criminal
Benjamin Netanyahu as a leading architect of
antiMuslim hate campaigns as well as an ally of white
supremacists and Nazis. </span></p>
<p><span>His active pursuit of Islamophobia, incitement of
wars and execution of Palestinians is not an irregular
occurrence. Netanyahu, as head of the Middle East’s
sole colonial entity, has been in the forefront of
global war efforts to target what he unashamedly
defines as “Muslim extremism” and “Islamist
terrorism”. </span></p>
<p><span>A vocabulary of racist invectives which he
popularized and as is evident has been absorbed by US
president Donald Trump along with his circle of
rightwing white supremacist thugs such as Bolton and
Pompeo. </span></p>
<p><span>To assume that the Christchurch massacre is an
isolated case is to deny the existence of
scriptwriters in Tel Aviv, Washington, London, Paris
and many more capitals of the world. The results of
the cancer of hate spread by them against Muslims is
found in the debris of war-ravaged Iraq, Afghanistan,
Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Kashmir and scores of
unidentified rural villages dotting the Muslim world.
</span></p>
<p><span>The names of these scriptwriters are known to the
world, but regrettably not for the enormity of their
illegal wars and crimes associated thereby, but as
“statesmen”. Tony Blair, George Bush, Bill and Hillary
Clinton, Barack Obama and the group of killers in
Israel, are glorified as “leaders” on world stages,
while their records of mass murders are either glossed
over or justified as necessary under the false rubric
of the “War on Terror”.</span></p>
<blockquote data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">As long as <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a>
the US and their allies can kill Arabs and Muslims
with impunity, every racist with a gun feels justified
in doing the same. The dominant influence and
automatic legitimacy that Israel enjoys around the
world has to stop.</p>
<p>— Miko Peled, (@mikopeled) <a
href="https://twitter.com/mikopeled/status/1106537368159436801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March
15, 2019</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span>Miko Peled correctly links racist killings to the
impunity whereby Israel and the US kill Arabs and
Muslims. And insists that unless Israel’s “dominant
influence” is halted, expect more
#ChristchurchMosqueMassacres. </span></p>
<p><span>Displaying outrage and issuing statements of
condemnation as Netanyahu, Trump and their fellow
travelers have done, smacks of blatant hypocrisy and
double standards. Their insincerity stinks and must be
called out if the world is to rid itself of white
supremacy.</span></p>
<blockquote data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m not interested in hearing
about Islamophobia from someone who deemed the mass
murder of children in a Muslim-majority country “worth
it.” <a href="https://t.co/U5w7VXrvTC">https://t.co/U5w7VXrvTC</a>
<a href="https://t.co/6hTgzsgDuE">https://t.co/6hTgzsgDuE</a></p>
<p>— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) <a
href="https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1106716027478568960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March
16, 2019</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span>Even while the International Criminal Court
dithers by displaying impotence in regards to the
prosecution of Netanyahu and his British/American
counterparts, it behooves civil society, multinational
corporations as well as independent governments to
turn their collective backs on them. </span></p>
<p><span>Glorifying baby killers is not an option. And
those who do so as has been the want of conglomerates
to invite the likes of Blair and Obama is equivalent
of extending a lifeline to white supremacists.</span></p>
<p><span>A social comment I read says that Islamophobia
has been normalized and legitimized to such an extent
that it’s commonplace for certain commentators to
argue that it’s entirely natural and rational to
dislike and be fearful of Muslims.</span></p>
<blockquote data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The white commentariat who
decried the withdrawal of US troops from Syria and
call for a more active US role there, support its
sanctions and coup in Venezuela, and who don't
question US military bases and interventions in the
rest of the world, are indulging their inner racist</p>
<p>— Amal Saad (@amalsaad_lb) <a
href="https://twitter.com/amalsaad_lb/status/1106859336356253702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March
16, 2019</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span>Though Trump may be despised by the world and
many folks in America, he remains entrenched as the
Commander-In-Chief with his unsteady finger on the
nuclear button. His malignant views of Islam and
Muslims did not emerge out of the blue. Chaps like
Steve Bannon who cherish and fuel hate and are
acknowledged as rightwing bigots, exploited the
fertile Islamophobic ground laid by Trump’s
predecessors and an array of Israeli allied think
tanks to gain access to power. </span></p>
<p><span>The intrinsic network of rightwingers including
heads of governments and white commentariat as
described by Lebanese academic Amal Saad, pose the
most damning threat to global peace and security. Yet
Israel’s recent threat analysis would want the world
to believe that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
campaigners (BDS), are terrorists in suits, worthy of
being jailed, tortured and killed. </span></p>
<p><span>The smear campaign against BDS is a replica of
hate campaigns against resistance movements, Iran,
Venezuela and of course Muslims. </span></p>
<p><span>To be shocked, outraged and saddened by the gory
murders in New Zealand is understandable. But to feign
indifference about the role of the US/British/Israeli
axis of white supremacy is unforgivable.</span></p>
<p><i><span>– Iqbal Jassat is an Executive Member of the
South Africa-based Media Review Network. He
contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.
Visit: </span></i><a
href="http://www.mediareviewnet.com/"><i><span>www.mediareviewnet.com</span></i></a></p>
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