15, July 2014
Dear Editor, Gaza
The assault on the Gaza Strip and rocket responses were supposedly triggered by the death of 3 Israeli teenagers. PM Netanyahu claims Hamas was responsible but offered no proof. Netanyahu’s wild accusations enraged Israelis who went on a rampage assaulting Palestinians and demolishing several several of their homes. I posed the question of the teenagers deaths to several experts at NPR’s Forum this morning but did not receive a definitive explanation. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and even the US State Department were unable to assign the guilt of the teenagers tragic death. We often hear the mantra that Israel has every right to defend itself but what is missing in this one-sided narrative is the Palestinians right to defend themselves from the Israeli military and settler terrorism. Israel boasts that it has launched targeted strikes on Gaza but when you see the death tolls, then the numbers actually speak volumes; 80 percent of those killed are civilians. Furthermore, with the wonton destruction of the infrastructure (hospitals, mosques, . .) one can only reasonably conclude the purpose of the horrific bombing is to inflict as much misery and terror on a defenseless population. The Obama administration which enabled the horrific massacres to take place is complicit in the human tragedy that is unfolding. Israel has never been accountable for its actions – meanwhile our tax dollars keep flowing into the Israeli war machine.
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