Public opinion has turned against Israel amid Palestine’s increasing number of civilian casualties from the retaliatory airstrikes.
Mark Regev is one of the faces spinning Israel’s war. Melbourne-born and educated , Regev, a former Israeli ambassador to the UK and spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu, put his university job on hold and went back into government service following the October 7 terror attack.
“Pro-Palestinian content making the distinction between punishing Hamas and punishing the broader Palestinian population has been quite effective,” she says. “Attacking a camp sheltering civilians including women and children is a complete breach of the rules of proportionality and distinction between combatants and civilians.
Even US President Joe Biden, whose hitherto steadfast backing for Israel has alienated the Arab world, was moved this week to urge aBiden and his secretary of state, Antony Blinken, who has embarked on another round of Middle East shuttle diplomacy, have privately told their Israeli counterparts, including Netanyahu, that unacceptably high civilian casualties are damaging Israel.
“The world is complicit in the loss of more than 8000 innocent lives in Gaza, as the United States and its allies maintain their unconditional support for the Israeli onslaught on what is the world’s largest open-air prison. The opening sequence is from the perspective of a dashcam, as an Israeli motorist drives down the road before being fired upon. Then the video cuts to footage from a Hamas bodycam, showing the terrorist shooting the car as the driver goes past, trying to duck for cover.
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