Antonio García, Primer Comandante of the ELN
Among all the barbarity imposed by those who want the world to live according to their own views and privileges, subject to their interests, barbarism that in many cases leads to armed conflicts, the barbarity suffered by the Palestinian people stands out above any other.
The figures speak for themselves. Since a year and a half ago, when the Israeli army invaded the Palestinian territory, without taking heed in its military offensive between armed combatants and the civilian population, 51,000 of their sons and daughters have been killed; more than 31,000 bodies lie under rubble, according to credible reports, and reports of missing people exceed 4,100 victims. To make matters worse, 345,000 people in Gaza are in phase 5 famine, which is equal to total starvation. A murder in dribs and drabs.
Israeli barbarity and terror that has no limits: it has repeatedly subjected the population of the invaded territory to move again and again, in the narrow territory they inhabit, carrying their few belongings, subjecting them to conditions of existence of extreme cruelty, without water, with barely a food ration per day, at most, without the right to enjoy any recreation or study for their children. living in tents, punished on several occasions by the bombardments of the invading army’s aviation, as well as by the incursions of its infantry that seeks, guided by drones and intelligence systems controlled by state-of-the-art software, with identification of voices and faces, the guerrillas of the Popular Front, Islamic Jihad, Democratic Front and Al Aqsa Brigades, and in the pursuit of which women and men, young people, the elderly and children are targeted. According to the counterinsurgency military doctrine, they are all guerrillas, some in arms, others without, some shoot, others are their eyes and ears.
In this military invasion, all human rights have been ignored, cornering a people whose territory has experienced a notable reduction year after year, their lands have become inhabited by armed settlers or permanently protected, by one of the best armed and barbarity trained armies.
It is a people who, in the face of the reality of violence, continuous aggression, disrespect and humiliation, do not renounce living according to their self-determination, and whose youth, full of hatred for the violence they suffer day by day, has no other option than to fight armed for freedom and respect. For them, invaded as they are, the way to evade the enemy is through tunnels, building in fact an underground city, through which they manage to evade the espionage and constant control that the invaders intend to make of their movements.
To try to get them out of these invisible trenches, the enemy uses bombs of up to 1,000 kilos, discharging several at the same time that they can collapse concrete constructions, at depth, of up to seven floors. The magnitude of what has been built reveals the immense effort made by thousands of people, to be able to raise and fortify their defenses, aware of the power of the enemy they face.
It is an enemy that does not contain itself before any rule, humanitarian principle or law, and by trying to capture, dead or alive, the guerrillas who oppose them, not only destroy the fortifications of sovereignty, but also devastate all homes and urban infrastructure, killing and wounding dozens of people in each attack.
There are air strikes and advanced infantry attacks in which it is becoming clear that the use of robotic and guided weapons is already the norm. There, the struggle of humans against remotely controlled machines is a daily occurrence, by systems engineers who do not risk their lives and destroy those of tens of thousands. A daily invasion and attack carried out, moreover, with the constant support of the United States army, which provides them with all kinds of weapons and supports them in intelligence by providing them with all the information collected, by their satellites directed over that territory, as well as the accompaniment and advice of several of the largest software multinationals registered in that country and that provide them with everything they require in this area.
Yet, with thousands of soldiers on the ground, with hundreds of armored tanks roaming the streets of Gaza and surrounding cities, with dozens of aircraft conducting combat intelligence or bombing entire neighborhoods, with the possibility of renewing its troops whenever it deems necessary, the invading army has not been able to defeat a few thousand guerrillas determined to fight for the freedom of their people. for their dignity, for respect for their territory and the right to be sovereign.
In their effort, which involves absolute mobility, the implementation of an armored communication system against eavesdropping, with the maximum use of surprise, as well as the use of all kinds of traps, which hinder enemy mobility and cause casualties that demoralize them, the guerrillas of the Palestinian resistance are teaching a lesson to the peoples of the world, teaching day by day that an army inferior in units and logistics, as Vietnam once did, can contain its opponent, resist and win.
The events summarized here clearly indicate, despite what is commonly said, that the right to rebellion is as valid as it was the norm decades ago, when the decolonization of the world advanced by leaps and bounds. New forms of colonialism take shape and, as a reaction, new and dynamic expressions of resistance are expressed and shown.
As a lesson for all the peoples of the world, we also have that the reality experienced today in Palestinian territory allows us to glimpse the first of the latest generation urban wars, one in which human beings confront machines, a remote-controlled war, with hundreds of drones in constant action, armored combat systems of all kinds, satellites monitoring the lives of thousands every second, and underground corridors, a new type of trenches, built with the use of engineering and the conscious arms of thousands of people.
A feat that can only be achieved through social leadership, as well as recognition among the people. Something already explicit when the representatives of the Palestinian resistance were elected eighteen years ago, by popular vote to direct the destiny of Gaza.
Politics, popular participation, legitimacy, a triad that gives way to leadership and effective armed defense.
Che had already taught it: nothing without the people, everything is possible with the people.
Source: https://insurgenciaurbana-eln.net/la-proeza-de-gaza/