The Media War, and the Importance of Peoples' Solidarity with Each Other
News:
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition accuses the Jewish entity of kidnapping activists from the Madeleine ship after preventing it from reaching Gaza. The Jewish Foreign Ministry said that the Navy directed the boat to change its course when it approached a restricted area, and about an hour later, it said that the boat was being towed towards the coasts of the Jewish entity. The Madeleine sailed from Sicily last Sunday, heading to Gaza to deliver aid and break the Jewish siege imposed on the sector for many years. (BBC, adapted)
Comment:
The Madeleine ship was carrying activists and supplies, and was heading to break the siege imposed by the Jews on the Gaza Strip. The ship flies the British flag and is run by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition. French Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, who was on board the ship, had broadcast a video clip via her Instagram account, on which was written "They are here." It seems that she meant the arrival of the forces of the Jewish entity. As for how the response was from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Jewish entity, the ministry wrote on social media: "The passengers are expected to return to their countries." It added: "The small amount of aid that was on board the yacht and was not consumed by celebrities will be transferred to Gaza through real humanitarian channels." What do we understand from this? The response on social media strongly indicates the media war and fear of it, trying to calm down by saying: "The passengers are expected to return to their countries." And the reference to aid in small quantities is to downplay the importance of such moves in the eyes of the media public, and to feel implicitly that it is not useful in breaking the siege on Gaza. And "which was not consumed by celebrities," naming activists as celebrities to stigmatize them as fame seekers, and questioning the intentions of those who support a people besieged by war, hunger, and the prevention of aid from reaching them, so what is the fate of this aid? "It will be transferred to Gaza through real humanitarian channels," which means that they will not allow aid to enter except through them, with their consent, and in the way they see fit.
As stated in the news, the Minister of the Jewish army, Israel Katz, said that he had instructed his army to prevent the Madeleine ship, belonging to the Freedom Flotilla alliance, from passing to the shores of Gaza. He ordered him to show a video of what he called the (massacre) of October 7, 2023, to the activists after they arrived in the entity. This confirms the fierce media war waged by the army of the Jewish entity.
This news is important in the solidarity of peoples with each other, no matter how far the distances and countries are, and no matter how hard governments try to isolate their peoples from the reality of their real policies, their falsehood and lies have been revealed by this genocide against a defenseless people besieged for years, and that the democracy, freedom of opinion, expression and belief that their governments claim is just a deception of these peoples. The awakening of these peoples has begun that you are allowed to practice your freedom, but away from politics, and that freedom of opinion and expression is contingent on not crossing the red lines by criticizing their politicians and the government's unjust decisions against the peoples.
Their governments, which they used to be proud of, have fallen, after they revealed the extent of the deception that their governments have practiced on them for years, so their feelings moved, their voices rose, and they felt ashamed and disgraced by them.
After that: This is a cry in the face of the Arab peoples, when will you move to overthrow these thrones, and demand these armies, which are from your sons, to move immediately and urgently to demolish the thrones and move immediately and without delay to support Gaza? Are you waiting for orders?! It has been issued by God Almighty, as stated in Surat Al-Nisa: ﴿And what is [the matter] with you that you do not fight in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper"?﴾. And in Al-Razi's Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir: "His saying: ﴿And what is [the matter] with you that you do not fight﴾ indicates that jihad is obligatory, and it means that you have no excuse for abandoning fighting, and the condition of the oppressed among men, women, and children among Muslims has reached what it has reached in weakness, so this is a strong urging to fight, and a statement of the reason for which fighting has become obligatory, which is what fighting entails in freeing these believers from the hands of the infidels, because this joining together for jihad is like ransoming a prisoner."
And what next? How with this famine and the imposition of a siege by the rulers of the countries surrounding Gaza, especially Egypt and Jordan, so what will you say to God tomorrow?! Save yourselves from the fire, O armies of Muslims, and side with your nation, which has been waiting for a long time, before it is too late, and in conclusion, I remind you of His saying in Surat Al-Tawbah: ﴿If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. And Allah is over all things competent.﴾
Written for the Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Mona Smeeh (Umm Maryam)