The second open massacre of 2023 Dear Email, Savagery. That is the word that describes what took place in Gaza late last night as people slept peacefully in their homes. It was a calculated massacre that Israel conducted last night, well aware that entire families would be the casualties of this attack. Even war has rules, but Israel has complete disregard for that. Ali Izzaldin
Mayar Izzaldin
Dr. Jamal Khaswan
Dr. Mervat Khaswan
Yousef Khaswan
Dania Adas
Hajar Al-Bahtini
Layla Al-Bahtini
Wafa Ghannam These are the names of some of the civilian victims of Israel’s political games and colonial machinations. As usual, Israel provoked an escalation and aggression by carrying out this assassination and crime. Sleeping in your bed, in your own home with your spouse and children does not make you a combatant, despite your affiliations. It’s a well-known Israeli playbook we’ve seen used before. Whenever Israeli politicians are dealing with internal political turmoil and deals have to be made, they are made at the expense of Palestinians. Knowing that two separate Congressional delegations were coming to the region last week and trying to appease Ben-Gvir so that he does not leave the fragile coalition he built, Netanyahu first started by killing the Palestinian leader, Khader Adnan, in prison after an 86-day hunger strike by denying him medical care. Israel relentlessly bombed Gaza for a night, a truce was agreed to, and it seemed the situation was returning to an uneasy “calm.” However, in the past three days Israel has conducted assassinations of Palestinians in Nablus, announced one of the largest settlement expansions, and last night, committed a massacre in Gaza. In Netanyahu’s desperation to stay in power, he’s shown time and again that he’s willing and prepared to commit atrocious crimes against humanity. The Biden Administration insists that all of this is normal and has been consistent in its lack of decisive action to hold Israel accountable. At least the European Union had enough shame to cancel a diplomatic reception to avoid the participation of Ben Gvir. Instead, the White House issued a statement to “recognize the resilience of Israel’s democracy” in light of the 75th anniversary of its founding. Take action through AJP Action to call on the Biden administration to take concrete steps to hold Israel accountable for its crimes. In solidarity, American Muslims for Palestine |
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American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging & educating Americans on Palestinian rights and the Israeli occupation. AMP is a premier national organization in the Palestine solidarity movement. |
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