(All population figures are taken from Wikipedia)
Population of Gaza 1.4 million
Total killed 1,135 (as of Friday, January 16, 2009)
Total Injured 5,200 (as of Friday, January 16, 2009)
= 0.081072 % of the Gaza population killed
= 0.371428 % of the Gaza population injured
Now let’s compare those figures with some other countries as a percentage of population. If the current War on Gaza was being conducted somewhere else, with the same percentage of casualties, would the world still be silent? Imagine if one nation was attacking another with the following results after 20 days. Would the USA still be supporting that nation and giving it protection in the United Nations?
Let’s have a look.
War On Gaza: A Comparative Analysis of Casualties
If it happened in these countries:
Australia
Total Population 21,468,700
Killed In 20 DAYS 17,405
Injured In 20 DAYS 79,741
Malaysia
Total Population 27,730,000
Killed In 20 DAYS 22,481
Injured In 20 DAYS 102,997
United Kingdom
Total Population 60,975,000
Killed In 20 DAYS 49,434
Injured In 20 DAYS 226,478
France
Total Population 65,073,482
Killed In 20 DAYS 52,756
Injured In 20 DAYS 241,701
Egypt
Total Population 75,500,662
Killed In 20 DAYS 61,210
Injured In 20 DAYS 280,431
Japan
Total Population 127,433,494
Killed In 20 DAYS 103,313
Injured In 20 DAYS 473,324
Indonesia
Total Population 222,000,000
Killed In 20 DAYS 179,980
Injured In 20 DAYS 824,570
USA
Total Population 306,150,000
Killed In 20 DAYS 248,202
Injured In 20 DAYS 1,137,127
India
Total Population 1,147,995,904
Killed In 20 DAYS 930,703
Injured In 20 DAYS 4,263,978
This should give us some perspective.
Would the world still be silent if SEVENTEEN THOUSAND (17,405) AUSTRALIAN citizens had been killed by a foreign military power, and another SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND (79,741) had been injured in just 20 days?
Would the world still be silent if FORTY NINE THOUSAND (49,434) BRITISH citizens had been killed by a foreign military power, and another TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND (226,478) had been injured in just 20 days?
Would the world still be silent if TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND (248,000) AMERICAN citizens had been killed by a foreign military power, and another 1.1 MILLION (1,137,127) had been injured in just 20 days???
I wonder what the world would be saying if the same slaughter was taking place somewhere else, and white, Christian women and children made up almost 50% of the casualties, and the numbers were as above. Would the reaction of many westerners be different? Israel says that their war in Gaza is not against civilians. Quite strange then, that civilians keep getting themselves killed and having their arms and legs blown off.
But they are not white, Christian women and children… so who cares!
Gene Netto
Jakarta, Indonesia
