🎯 Genocide as a Summer Camp?

 

🖋️ By Malik Mukhtar
📍 www.ainnbeen.blogspot.com
📅 July 9, 2025

“It’s really nuts a young person can fly to Israel and go play genocide games in Gaza and then just fly back to their own country and expect to be treated like a normal member of society for the rest of their lives, like it’s some kind of genocide summer camp.”
— Caitlin Johnstone, July 2025

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There are moments in history when silence becomes complicity. This is one of them.

As the charred earth of Gaza groans under relentless bombardment—with over 62,000 Palestinians killed, many of them children—the world watches. What’s even more disturbing is how the participation of tens of thousands of foreign nationals in this genocide is being normalized.

🪖 Who’s On the Front Lines?

Since the war began, large numbers of non-Israeli volunteers have flown in, joined the IDF, fought in Gaza, then returned home:

• 🇺🇸 United States: Over 23,000 U.S. citizens are currently in IDF ranks, accounting for roughly 10% of IDF casualties in Gaza.
• 🇫🇷 France: More than 4,000 French nationals and dual citizens are serving.
• 🇦🇺 Australia & 🇮🇹 Italy: Each with approximately 1,000 volunteers.
• 🇮🇳 India: Around 400 Indian nationals have joined.
• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Over 100 British citizens are serving; at least 3 confirmed dead in Gaza.
• 🇨🇦 Canada: At least 85 Canadians are currently fighting; more than 67 new applicants joined since October.
• 🇷🇺 Russia & 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Hundreds—459 Russians and 546 Ukrainians, mostly lone soldiers.
• 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇿🇦 South Africa, and others are also contributing.

In total, an estimated 30,000 foreign-born individuals from over 30 countries are embedded with the IDF in Gaza.

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🌍 The World's Shameful Neutrality

These are not isolated cases—they’re part of a systemic program:

• Mahal and Lone Soldier schemes bring in thousands of global volunteers each year—around 3,500–4,500 annually, with a surge since October 2023.
• Sar‑El, a non-combat IDF volunteer corps, has registered over 12,000 international volunteers since the war began.

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This is no longer just about military service in Israel. It is—disturbingly—tourism for genocide.

Caitlin Johnstone is right:
It is insane to let individuals fly in, “play genocide games,” kill without consequence, and return home to normal lives.

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🔥 What Must Be Done

1. Legal Accountability – Prosecute returning fighters under international war crimes law.
2. Citizenship Consequences – Strip citizenship or dual nationality from verified perpetrators.
3. Mandatory Vetting – Enforce international monitoring of military travel for combat.
4. Global Sanctions – Apply diplomatic and civil sanctions to countries that allow participation in war crimes.

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🧭 Epilogue: Our Collective Responsibility

We will one day be asked: What did you do while Gaza was disappearing under bombs?

Let our answer not be one of whispered regret, but of resolute action.

There is no "genocide summer camp."
There are no medals for mass murder.

📢 Raise your voice. Reject normalization. Justice cannot wait.

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📚 Sources

1. John Menadue: “How Israel Relies on Foreign Fighters to Carry Out Its War Crimes” (2024)
2. Byline Times: “Israel-Gaza War: Foreign Fighters Face No Accountability” (Sep 2024)
3. The Maple: “Meet the Canadians Fighting in Israel’s War on Gaza” (Jan 2024)
4. Mideast Discourse: “Foreign Mercenaries in Gaza” (Apr 2024)
5. WRMEA: “Foreign Fighters for Israel—Mercenaries or Guardians?” (2024)
6. JFeed: “12,000 Foreign Volunteers Join Israeli Army Support” (2024)
7. ResearchGate: “Analysis of Foreign Nationals Serving in the IDF” (2024)
8. Wikipedia: “Lone Soldier (Israel)”
9. The New Arab: “Spotlight on Israel’s Foreign Fighters” (2024)