Letters for Sunday, August 31, 2025
Sanction Israel over its starvation strategy
The term “never again” referring to the World War II Jewish Holocaust, has been rendered meaningless by none other than Israel itself.
Israel’s right-wing Netanyahu government imposed a blockade on humanitarian aid entering Gaza in March. Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. The blockade ended in May. But Israel imposed a “hunger games” method of food distribution, resulting in 2,000 Palestinians being shot by IDF troops as they scrambled to obtain scraps of food.
Famine has now officially gripped Gaza.
We have participated in genocide and ethnic cleansing as perpetrated by the Israeli government since Israel’s formation.
The United States provided $300 billion in military and other aid since 1946 while Israel continues to colonize, imprison, kill and starve Palestinians with impunity.
There has never been a balanced peace initiative offering fair compensation to Palestinians for these offenses.
Israel’s relentless bombing, starvation and removal of........
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