What’s happening in Gaza isn’t war. It is sheer unadulterated horror and because Israel has outlawed foreign journalists and is targeting Palestinian TV reporters, we don’t know the half of it. We do know that Israel has bombed UN schools, hospitals, mosques, and ambulances besides numerous private residences.
We know, too, that 257 children have been killed and 1,080 wounded. And we know from the Red Cross that Israel is preventing rescue workers from reaching bombed sites, which has led to young children being left for days clutching the corpses of their mothers. One cannot even imagine what images those orphaned youngsters will carry throughout their lives or the nightmares they must forever endure.
Yet, members of the US Senate and House of Representatives have overwhelmingly seen fit to proclaim their “vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel and recognises its right to act in self-defence to protect its citizens against Hamas’s unceasing aggression, as enshrined in the United Nations Charter.”
Just 13 Israelis dead since the start of hostilities (10 of them soldiers) against more than 900 Palestinians (40 percent women and children) and Congress calls this “self-defence.” This nauseating stance on the part of America’s “fine” lawmakers is as disgusting as it is ironic. There is nothing in the UN Charter that supports a bully occupier waging war on a caged population
Due to Washington’s unconditional support, both monetary, militarily and moral, Israel can do exactly what it likes without repercussions. As long as the US is on its side, it cares not a jot about the millions of placard-carrying ordinary people protesting its hateful actions, in just about every world capital or the mountain of condemnation from human rights organisations and non-governmental organisations, click here http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/printer_4241.shtml
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