The U.S.’s decision to oppose the UN General Assembly’s vote last week for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza gives the hardline Israeli government carte blanche to continue its onslaught against Palestinians in the coastal enclave and the West Bank, according to an article in WSWS.
The New York Times published a story last week to describe the living conditions that many Ukrainians find themselves living in nearly two years since the Russian invasion.
John Kirby, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, did his best last week to play down President Joe Biden’s comment that Israel has been conducting “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said last week that the conditions on the ground in Gaza are so poor that the coastal enclave is “not really a habitable place anymore.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his lengthy news conference last week that no sensible person can compare the conflict in Gaza with Russia’s approach to Ukraine.
The Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, have been forced to acknowledge publicly some troubling ruthlessness by its troops in Gaza ranging from chanting racist slogans to intentionally destroying a toy store with no military significance.
M. Elizabeth Magill announced that she would step down from her post as president of the University of Pennsylvania after the fallout from her appearance before Congress where she refused to take the scalps of students who chanted in support of an intifada.
Israel’s top national security adviser said in an interview last week that the U.S. has not given the Israeli government any timeline to complete the war in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that Israel needs three things from the U.S. during its genocide in Gaza: munitions, munitions, and munitions.
While the amount of humanitarian aid allowed by Israel into Gaza has been merely a pittance of what is needed, top extremist Israelis spoke out against letting even a trickle of supplies into the country during the ethnic cleansing.