Stop The Starvation In Gaza

This is a link to a CNN video of the face of starvation in Gaza. I’m sure the readers do not need to see graphic video of starving children to convince them that the use of starvation in Gaza is wrong.

While I sympathize with the fear of attack that Israelis are experiencing, the deprivation of food for the two million people living in Gaza cannot be defended. Israel can only continue this horror with the support of our country. Polls consistently show that this kind of cruelty is opposed by most Americans, demonstrating the fundamental decency of people. Yet, the policy of cruelty continues to enjoy bipartisan support in Washington.

How have we come to this?

6 thoughts on “Stop The Starvation In Gaza”

  1. The Israeli government needs to be charged with war crimes and held accountable and our government is complicit. There is no justification for the scope of the horror inflicted upon the Palestinian people by the Israeli government.

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  2. Mr. Kaufman,

    This is a very delicate issue. Starvation per say is probably not the goal of the Israeli government, it is more of a general warfare strategy directed at what it perceives is the enemy logistics system. Foodstuffs and supplies for soldiers and combatants are legitimate military targets, and historically, during castle sieges and military campaigns, this type of activity was frequently employed (and still is).

    Extirpation of the Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank seems to be the ultimate unstated goal of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, and he is pursuing that goal by making these areas unlivable for the Palestinians.

    I always read these stories with sadness for both the Palestinians and the Jews because Israel was born in the aftermath of WWII and the holocaust. Starvation and crowding into ghettos were used against your people, so I find it confusing that Israel is not more sensitive to the Palestinians.

    Israel expects unconditional support from the US government. I am not going to use the word “antagonistic” as it relates to its posture toward its neighbors – I will use the phrase “aggressively paranoid”. Meaning, its behavior is not aligned with the actual danger posed.

    Here are some ideas:

    Allow immediate exchange of Hamas arms for food (1 AK-47 for 80lbs of flour, etc).

    Allow unrestricted infant support products to flow (baby formula, vitamins, etc).

    Release all Palestinian prisoners to a defined guarded camp in anticipation of hostage release.

    Clarify the real estate ownership of Gaza and the West Bank.

    Cease active shooting unless fired upon and stop hunting leaders.

    I hope this situation resolves, and I empathize with both peoples.

    Sam Brewer

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  3. you can’t bring yourself to say that younger and more progressive voters, mostly Democrats, are more critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza and believe the U.S. should be more critical of Israel than Republicans? to say that Israel retains bi-partisan support is technically true, but is a disingenuous generalization.

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    1. I am not sure what point bruceklion is trying to make. Democrats of all ages are opposed to what is happening to the Palestinians in Gaza as well as on the West Bank. Living in a safe, secure home in the US where I and my family members have access to food, medical care and a reasonably comfortable quality of life, I feel tremendous guilt about what is happening to the people in Gaza. We are all at least indirectly for what is happening in Gaza because our country has had the power to end the bloodshed and starvation all along. The US has refused to intervene under both Biden and Trump.

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  4. John,

    In an opening scene of Oliver Stone’s “Platoon” the character Crawford, none too happy to be going on another patrol, asks rhetorically “Why to we always get f***in’ ambush?”

    But, rhetorical or not, his fellow grunt Francis replies, “‘Cause it’s politics, man, f***in’ politics.”

    Ans so it is, as you ask, “How have we come to this?” How many times have we, as a nation, said “Never again” to the political cowardice, moral turpitude and isolationism that permitted the Holocaust?” Too many times to detail here.

    As an Army medic in Vietnam I came across but one child who died of malnutrition. Perhaps that oneness is why I recall it. so vividly. What is the aphorism? “One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” And so, in between weight loss and dog food commercial, the nightly news brings the images of the latest horror we have failed to end. Soon it will be another statistic.

    Meanwhile, back in our Nation’s Capital the House has adjourned for the summer to avoid dealing with the latest scandal of a rouge, corrupt and amoral president. As Francis said, “it’s politics, man …”

    Edmund Burke was, of course, right: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing.”

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