As time passes, unrelentingly, Israel’s crimes in the Gaza Strip are multiplying, with the apparent help and support of the “democratic” US. The latest figures show that the IDF has killed more than 41,000 Palestinian civilians with American weapons, and that 70 percent of the victims were women and children.

Some observers estimate that the number of deaths resulting from the attacks on Gaza could be at least another 100,000—including those already killed and buried under rubble, as well as those who have died due to lack of basic medicines and healthcare, malnutrition and disease. On August 26, the first case of polio in twenty-five years was reported in Gaza.

There are tens of thousands of orphaned children in Gaza who are struggling to survive and who are constantly on the move as the Israelis order them to evacuate every few days. Gazans’ miserable livelihoods and the depleted infrastructure of the territory before the war have now been 80-90% destroyed, and residents are surviving in a state that few faced even a century ago.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas, but this is an impossible task, because Hamas is a movement seeking Palestinians’ liberation after years of Israeli oppression, and this goal cannot be abandoned until Palestinians’ aspirations have been realized. Instead of destroying Hamas, the Israeli army, in a bid to minimize its own losses in close combat, cowardly bombed peaceful neighborhoods in Gaza, dropping 2,000 and 1,000 pound bombs provided by the “supportive” US, which are designed to kill indiscriminately and destroy residential buildings.

The USA’s total support for its Israeli ally

The massacres of Palestinians by Israel were organized and instigated by the United States. Bombs and every conceivable weapon have been provided to the Israeli war machine so that it can massacre civilians, a criminal offense under international law. It is true that the Biden administration has paid lip service to the need to minimize civilian deaths, but while publicly claiming that it has put pressure on Israel to do so, it has in fact dramatically increased its supply of weapons to the IDF. Washington has also provided and continues to provide enormous financial support, thus paying for the killing of Palestinian civilians.

The US defends the current extreme right-wing Israeli government in all international forums. It has vetoed resolutions condemning Israeli atrocities, despite the fact that no sane person could........

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