WEEK IN REVIEW: 'Children and Innocent People Do Not Deserve to Be Punished for Acts of Hamas'

 

The Week in Review October 13, 2023 House Progressives to Biden: Pressure Israel to End Assault on Gaza Civilians Israel's massive attack on Gaza "must be carried out according to international law and take all due measures to limit harm to innocent civilians," asserted 55 House Democrats. October 13, 2023 'This Is Not What Fighting Hamas Looks Like': Israel Orders All of Northern Gaza to Evacuate "That's obviously impossible. Israel is preparing for mass atrocities." October 12, 2023 Israel Accused of 'Blatant War Crime' as HRW Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza "Any time that white phosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas, it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering," said one Human Rights Watch official. October 11, 2023 'Level the Place,' Declares Lindsey Graham as Israel Does Exactly That to Gaza One critic called the South Carolina Republican's comment nothing short of "incitement to genocide." October 11, 2023 'We Must Prevent Mass Atrocities and End This': US Jewish Group Calls on Congress to Halt Gaza Carnage "There is only one way to end violence: to address its root cause, 75 years of Israeli military occupation and apartheid," said Jewish Voice for Peace. "We must end U.S. complicity in this systemic oppression." October 11, 2023 Sanders Says 'Children and Innocent People Do Not Deserve to Be Punished for Acts of Hamas' "The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. October 10, 2023 Israeli Army Official Admits Gaza Bombing Campaign Is Focused on 'Damage and Not on Accuracy' "Gazans have been saying Israel is indiscriminately bombing them, with no goal other than to level Gaza to the ground. Now Israel admits the same."

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Opinion The Answer to Hamas' Brutality Is Not to Eviscerate Innocent Palestinians Both sides have committed heinous violations of international law, and all attacks on civilians must be condemned. But if we’re serious about preventing such horrors in the future, we have to go beyond condemnation. Phyllis Bennis What You Are Seeing in Gaza Is Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing Seventy-five years of global inaction and Israeli impunity have led to this moment in which one of the most vulnerable populations on earth is pummeled by one of the world’s strongest military powers on a genocidal warpath. Yumna Patel Cargill, Cease Your Destruction! In every region where Cargill operates, you are destroying the environment and driving out or threatening the communities who live there. Beka Saw Munduruku Why One-Sided US Condemnation of Hamas Is Morally Tone-Deaf, Self-Absolving, and Counterproductive To stem the ever-worsening cycles of violent outbursts and utter despair, a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in the region is imperative. Jonathan Graubart

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