Molly Charles-Reflections

  Mr. President, Israeli expert conclusion communicated to you and vouched for by you, did not jell, so used the net for some searches. Here are some of my thoughts and doubts based on information available online. a) The shooter was standing at a roof top, at a greater height than the victim standing at ground level in the open space. Hence, the shooter had far better vision than the individuals at ground level and so could clearly see his target or targets. b) According to available information, Israeli forces use IWI Tavor assault rifle or micro Tavor rifles both tested for urban warfare and also tested for use in Palestine. Its accuracy has been vouched for by Israeli forces themselves. The other option could be MS 95R Sniper Rifle. The range for Tavor rifles is 500 meters and for sniper rifle it is 1000 meters. Both have sight magnifier and so whether purely by human sight or along with magnifier the soldier should have no problem in having a clear view of his/her targets. c) Wit

Narrative building is a skill in itself often ignored by audience and at times writers themselves, while editor and opinion builder may get preoccupied with the same. In the absence of logic audience build identities based on these opinions, and forgetting opinions are often grey areas and never permanently static. We the audience, often forget to look out for logic within the opinion, the context within which opinion evolved and the conceived purpose for expression of the opinion. While all nations do spend some time in looking at the opinion formation and try to build it in a specific direction, it can be difficult when there are numerous, cultural, religion, linguistic and lifestyle differences as in the case of India. Earlier diversity was far more expected and within each state the language offered a veil and national government avoided tampering with the veil and put all the expressed opinion under a microscope, for without diversity in opinion knowledge cannot evolve and mi

From the realm of UN and its organs to the western media of all form and sizes, the act injustice to Palestinians starts with the first sentence when you state, “October 7 th 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel led to this war”. Even before a conversation can take form you have made your judgement and hope to shape the narrative of your audience in those lines. Have you ever thought of analysing what you emphatically state: a) Relevance of the first sentence: you introduce a topic, you make you stance clear to lay the foundation for your frame, human mind often catches the start and the end and so you are conditioning your audience with your bias, you ensure an emotional response that you seek to elicit. b) You state the beginning is 7 th October 2023, a fallacy Israel wants to propagate and strengthen, and you ignore: the murders of Palestinians before that, a) you ignore Israel State Hostage Taking of children and their illegal detention without charging for years and at times decade

  United States as the mediator between Israel and Hamas, brings to question what is the role of the mediator, and the basic norms to be adhered to when being the mediator. According to United Nations, International law and US law there are certain common basic elements for being a mediator, it may be useful to briefly address the same. Basic definition is stated to be “Mediation in a voluntary, binding process in which an impartial and neutral mediator facilitates disputing parties in reaching a settlement.” Basic requirements: According to United Nations Guidance for Effective Mediation, Impartiality is the corner stone of mediation, a mediator should be able to run a balanced process that treats all actors fairly and “Should not have a material interest in the outcome”. While UN document does indicate impartiality does not mean neutrality, as a UN mediator he/she is mandated to uphold certain universal principles and values and may need to make them explicitly known to the part

  War or Conflict is not just about resource control, identity supremacy or even land control it can also be carrying on business in the evolving tech based military industry; or it can be multiple factors acting in combination based on actors involved. The onslaught of Israel on Gaza is linked to desire to depopulate the place and ensure Greater Israel and in the process achieve also the goal of annihilation of an ethnic religious group, Israelis have an inherent hatred towards and for which they believe they have religious justifications which even sanctifies war crimes or genocide carried out against Palestinians. It is an issue about Israeli society as a whole, how it evolved and what it assumed its existential goal is – to recreate past called Greater Israel. The skewed mentality of assuming Israelis have the right to depopulate Palestine, is not linked to one party or a few individuals it is the raison d’etre of almost entire population. There is one question to the great vision

This time Israel has broken all boundaries and imagination, it has come together as a Nation to assert its right to Rape its prisoners, and some stating that it part of soldier's duty to punish the prisoners with rape. A few assert, soldiers need to be respected for what they do for their country, and on call to support the Soldier Rapists, the Israeli Civilians were out on the Street, not for freedom or rights of any kind of services but the Israeli society's perceived fundamental right to Rape Palestinians, men or women. The normalization of torture and rape is happening in Israel when TV debates centre around men and women, asserting the right of Israeli Soldiers to rape Palestinians as per their decision or their duty to State of Israel. When the moral army (Israeli) of the West assert Rape is a part of moral duty of their soldiers, does it mean US and Germany will follow suit, soon? Israel's original product co-produced with support from the Global Leader, United State

  Human history is filled with war crimes and genocide of different scales and shades. Experts on Genocide have a personal favourite in debates on what qualifies as a Genocide. Does one go by numbers, intent or maybe both. They seem quite oblivious to the detached cruelty in their statements on genocide for it goes far beyond the numbers game. The stark dehumanization in the approach has them present it as concepts used in association with any hunt. This attitude towards the victim clearly demonstrates the ground rule - anything is permissible as long as the goal of annihilation is upheld, and its justification is grounded in shades of grey enough to deflect any accountability. No religion can today claim innocence from the violence that accompanies Holy Wars, Christianity, especially. Even though Christ spoke of love, peace and nonviolence, ardent Christians sought and embraced violence to assert their Faith. The only religion that may claim some limited innocence is Buddhism, though