THE RED LINE:...In Gaza, Freewheeling Killing Of Lesser-Armed Palestinians By Warring Israeli Forces Still Unabated...Warnings From American President Joe Biden Go Unheeded...U.S.-Backed Jews Have Killed 36,000...Palestinian Women And Children...

 

By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas |...Those Israelis are a wicked lot these days. At war with Palestine for the last seven months, it has pretty much wiped-out cities and towns in the Gaza Strip while out to kill Hamas terrorists it says were behind last October attacks on Jewish settlers.

So far, more than 36,000 Palestinians have died in the U.S.-supported war - many, many of them women and children. It's a day for wanton killing in the Middle East.  

From New York Daily News: [ Sunday night’s attack in Rafah near the Egyptian border, which appeared to be one of the war’s deadliest, helped push the overall Palestinian death toll, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and noncombatants in its tally.

"Despite our utmost efforts not to harm innocent civilians, last night, there was a tragic mistake," Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said Monday in an address to Israel’s parliament. "We are investigating the incident and will obtain a conclusion because this is our policy." ]

Sometimes you can't help but notice the overkill in these things. Israel, an ally of the United States, continues on its apparent mission to rid the world of Palestinians. Netanyahu may speak of "tragic" military mistakes, but more Palestinians died over the weekend.

We reel at photos of the bombings, the charred vehicles and the down buildings. There, buried by rubble, are the bodies of the dead, the latest ones living in a tent city of sorts as they tried to outrun the Israeli bombs - bombs and weaponry supplied by the U.S.

It's one thing to seek revenge against terrorist attacks, but this is beyond the pale, so much so that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued arrest warrants for right-wing Netanyahu - which the U.S. has condemned.

Still, sentiment in Congress lies in feeding Israel all of its needs in this one-way fight. Billions of dollars in emergency aid, augmented by weaponry that is just so obscene in this war. American President Joe Biden rightly complained about a sneaky move by the Israelis in which Palestinian refugees were told on incoming attacks and asked to move away from the intended targets.

The blood-thirsty Israelis, however, then bombed the so-called "safe" zone.

So where does it stop?

What else can Israel do to these outnumbered, outgunned people?

Whatever it wants, apparently. We do say that the Israelis were correct in seeking revenge against the terrorists, but not to this unabated extreme. Killing for killing's sake is wrong, and the supportive U.S. has some accounting in this one. 

We ask: Is the game plan one of destroying Palestine statehood and seeing survivors flee the area into neighboring countries, as they seemed to be doing in Rafah?

It's sad and it's criminal, but yes...

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