The images of starving children coming out of Gaza reminded me of the images of the liberation of the concentration camps at the end of World War II.

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Victims and perpetrators come in all colours, races and religions. Maybe Shakespeare would have said: "If you starve us, do we not look skeletal".

In Tel Aviv last week, Jewish people took to the streets holding photographs of children whose starvation is being caused by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu's illegal waging of an aggressive war and the illegal withholding of food in Gaza.

If you offend decency, do we not protest.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said this week: "Quite clearly it is a breach of international law to stop food being delivered which was a decision that Israel made in March."

He said, "You can't hold innocent people responsible" for the actions of Hamas.

Indeed, the only lawful warfare is defence. What Israel is doing in Gaza has for months now gone well beyond what would be a legitimate defensive response to the Hamas attacks in October 2023. It is similar to the unnecessary Allied fire-bombing of Dresden in February 1945.

Waging an aggressive war is the worst criminal conduct known to humankind. It is worse than the crimes of serial killers or serial rapists.

Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin should be compared to Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, the Columbine School shooters, or Martin Bryant - not just other authoritarian leaders of nations.

Those who wage an aggressive war do not just condone or turn a blind eye to death and suffering; they cause it - as surely as a serial killer.

Worse,........

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