Ask Palestinians and people on the ground in Gaza and they blame the Israelis for the starvation that is gripping innocent civilians including children.
Ask the Israelis and they say it is Hamas (remember, the ones who started this current war) and their armed confederates that are handicapping the delivery of food.
Of course, it should be remembered that both Palestinians in Gaza and Israelis are currently both led by extremist factions and coalitions whose membership welcome the violent eradication and displacement of the other side.
It is also not helpful that the United States under Donald Trump is not exercising the traditional role of honest broker and siding with Benjamin Netanyahu Revisionist Zionist Government and turning a blind eye more often than Joe Biden did on Israelis settler criminal activity toward Palestinians in the West Bank.
Unfortunately, innocent people, including many children in Gaza are being used as pawns by both Hamas leadership, several of whom were undoubtedly behind the planning of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, while living in comfort in Qatar and Israelis government extremists, who are using the Hamas attack as an excuse to retake Gaza and annex the West Bank by looking to pressure the local populace to pack up and leave.
Members of Arizona’s Democratic leadership have called on the hunger among the Palestinians in Gaza to end.
Representative Yassamin Ansari posted:
“The intensifying starvation in Gaza and attacks on people seeking food are horrifying and must end. Gazans should be able to access aid at humanitarian sites without fear of being gunned down. Netanyahu must stop this. Trump must stop finger-pointing and commit to real diplomacy to end this war immediately.”
After Israelis soldiers fired shots at Palestinians rushing to get a food delivery, Senator Mark Kelly posted:
“Israel must stop these attacks on people seeking aid. There are starving children in Gaza and more needs to be done to end this crisis.”
Senator Ruben Gallego posted:
“When I served in war, I understood the dual obligation to combat terrorists and protect innocent civilians. Netanyahu’s current approach to humanitarian aid in Gaza is failing and must be improved. The suffering of civilians cannot be ignored.”
While these Arizona leaders are right that the humanitarian aid needs to be accelerated and increased while ending the starvation, they should have acknowledged that it takes both sides to end this.
Hamas started this. They need to surrender, release the remaining hostages taken on October 7, 2023, and hand over the people that planned the attack on Israel for criminal prosecution.
Israel needs to withdraw from Gaza to their side of the border.
An international peace force needs to take over Gaza to stabilize the situation on the ground with the understanding that any terrorist attacks by Hamas remnants would be met with deadly force.
Both sides need new governments receptive to peace and a two state solution.
An international peace conference needs to be convened in the region which would result in the following:
- Full recognition of Israel and its borders by the remaining Arab neighbors that have not yet fully done so.
- The creation of a Palestinian state that does not compromise Israelis or Jordanian security.
It should be understood that land and population transfers along with fair compensation for Palestinian and Israelis families moving need to be on the table and are necessary for a final deal.
But first, both sides need to let the food in.
Both sides need to end the starvation of innocent children.
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Bisbee Democrats Take a Stand on Gaza
After much discussion on Saturday August 9th, Mule Mountain Democrats voted against continued United States support for Israel’s war on Gaza. The resolution states:
“The Mule Mountain Democratic Club wishes to go on record that we are opposed to continuing the use of U.S. taxpayer funds to provide Israel and its military with money, bombs and other equipment and munitions used in the destruction of Gaza and the mass killing of its inhabitants.”
Did the resolution also condemn Hamas for its October 7 attack against Israel, its taking and holding of innocent people as hostages, and its willing use of their own innocent people as human shields against Israel while many of their leaders live in comfort and safety in Qatar. Please advise and take care.
That’s been done a thousand times. Two wrongs don’t make a right I was told as a little kid. And the current wrong is a disastrous no brainer. The issue right now is that a growing majority of voters are calling for an end to the current genocide in Gaza they are seeing daily and that the USA is sponsoring with our tax dollars. My hope is that more and more Democratic Party legislators will take the que and work to stop arming Israel.
You did not answer the question. Did your resolution condemn Hamas? You know, the terrorist group that started the war. You are right. Two wrongs do not make a right. My question is did the resolution condemn the other wrong.
Did the resolution also condemn the terrorist organization Hamas for its October 7 attack against Israel, its taking and holding of innocent people as hostages, and its willing use of their own innocent people as human shields against Israel while many of their leaders live in comfort and safety in Qatar. Please advise and take care.
Thank you David. Hamas is not even a part of this conversation. They are not being called out for any of their actions. It is all playing into the Hamas narrative, and I am sure they couldn’t be more pleased.
Our club members joined everybody else condeming that attack of nearly two years ago. Democrats and Republicans alike condemned it. That was a near unanimous call from Congress. The emergency today is Gaza and the genocide taking place. And if we were the one arming Hamas, which we are not, I would oppose that as well. But the reality is, we, the USA, with bipartisan support, have been a major facilitator of the Israeli government’s mass killing and displacement effort. As you most likely know, Germany, the second leading arms supplier to Israel, said last week that enough is enough. Now it is our turn, and the tide is turning fast in US public opinion.
Well said.
My understanding from speaking with other sources is no such resolution condemning Hamas has been formalized or even considered in an official format. Please advise. While there is much to blame about the Nethanayu extremist government response, let us not lose sight of the fact Hamas started this, killed and kidnapped innocent people including children, used their own people as human shields and targets for sacrifice to win a public relations war, and by the way they are terrorists who deny equal Democratic rights to their own people. Just being historically illiterate and just blaming the Jews will not fly with me.
You know David, when the Nazis occupied cities they had a policy of shooting 10 to a hundred innocent civilian hostages if one of their soldiers (didn’t make a difference the the soldier was Wehrmacht or SS). Yet another parallel between the Nazis and Netanyahu’s government.
How many innocent Palestinians will it take to satisfy Netanyahu? 10,000? 100,000? One million? Or is his ultimate goal Gaza be Palestinian free? The Nazi equivalent was called Judenrein or Judenfrei.
You just proved my point. You really need to read all my words instead of cherry picking from them.
And what was cherry picked? Please clarify. Accusing criticism of being cherry picked is apparently your MO.
You did not acknowledge this line from my reply. “While there is much to blame about the Nethanayu extremist government response.” You also should read some of my previous pieces where I take an objective, instead of extreme left or right approach. Here are the links to two of those articles for your convenience.
https://blogforarizona.net/the-israelis-hamas-hezbollah-war-one-year-later-the-people-of-the-middle-east-deserve-better/
https://blogforarizona.net/if-you-want-a-sneak-preview-of-what-trump-ii-would-be-like-look-at-what-netanyahu-is-trying-to-do-in-israel/
From now on I shall begin every sentence with “I do not support Hamas”.
Like, “I do not support Hamas, does this smell funny”?
“I do not support Hamas, now come over here and give daddy some sugar”.
Or, “I do not support Hamas, Israel is pulling a Cheney after 9/11, and using a horrific crime to justify genocide and the slaughter of innocent children, and creating even more terrorists”.
If we’d have listened to Jimmy Carter and gotten ourselves off the Saudi oil teat there would have been no 9/11, no Iraq war, no Afghanistan war, no Trump, and the people of the Middle East could go back to pre-colonial times.
Of course nomadic people living in tents don’t spend billions on America’s defense/war/genocide industry, but like I said, I do not support Hamas.
Evangelical Christian ‘Merican’s are always saying there is no morality without God, while us atheists watch you all religious folks murdering each other’s children and think to ourselves, WTAF?
I do not support Hamas.
Tragically the Democrats have not gone after the historic consequences of Repug rule. Not just in Repug foreign policy which you’ve outlined so well, but the economic devastation going back to “St. Reagan”.
I just don’t understand why such low hanging fruit isn’t repeatedly hammered upon, along with the tagline “When Republicans win America loses”
@Sharpie, but what if there is morality without God? At least a God as defined by human religions. What if the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice. What if morality just is, kind of like gravity? After all the analysis that leads pretty much nowhere, why did the American people choose to destroy democracy along with a never quite fulfilled promise of equality for all? Is this the logical conclusion of the Republic in a moral universe?
Hi Liza! Sorry I wasn’t clear, my point was that some “religious people” say there is no morality without a god while supporting genocide.
I do not believe that, it’s actually offensive.
I find talking about atheism tedious because it’s weird to have a name for it.
What do you call someone who doesn’t believe in the tooth fairy? Or Santa? Or unicorns?
A grownup I suppose, which is how I feel about religion.
Hey Wiley bud, the answer to all your questions can be find in the Dems donor rolls.
And that’s a major contributing factor to the Democratic malaise. Seems with all the record breaking donations from small donors like us over the past few cycles the Democrats could tell major donors to get or board or take a hike. Popularity and support just may rise!