Russia Lite
Any day now we will learn that 20,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombings and the IDF. This number will include 5,000 or more children with many unaccounted for by virtue of the fact that they are buried within the rubble. Nearly two million people have been displaced and living with the prospect that they will have nowhere to go for the foreseeable future.
By any measure this is unjustified and wanton. This is a calamity and total disregard for human life just like the Russian bombings of Mariupol and Kherson and the death toll wrought abominable and repugnant. In the early days following October 7, there seemed to be wide scale support for the Israeli response. This support evaporates daily with the images of the continued devastation of the people of Gaza. Pressure within the UN General Assembly for a ceasefire will certainly increase.
Shame on Israel.
We have learned just recently that the Israeli government provided Hamas leadership with massive funds for God knows what purposes truthfully. The government of Israeli is a de facto conspirator in the start of this war. They failed to protect their own people on October 7, the official death toll now standing at 1,147. But for the…