According to Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has no choice but to keep fighting in Gaza. There’s another definition of genocide coming from the settler-colonial enterprise in Palestine – genocide as a last resort. Because, according to Israel, which the US finances to the tune of $3.2 billion a year, besides benefiting from the Qualitative Military Edge, is too vulnerable to face resistance from a colonised, ethnically cleansed and forcibly displaced Palestinian population.

No one believes Netanyahu. But no one will stop him, either. The genocide, according to news reports, will only stop if Israel destroys Hamas, the hostages are freed and there is no more threat from Gaza to Israel. Dropping a mention of Iran into the equation, of course, seals the deal. The international community is always looking for the next enemy to bully.

Israeli media also reported Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich,

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