I condemn the Hamas invasion of Israel. But Israel’s response has been even more barbaric and horrific, on a much larger scale.
Israel i soldiers are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Israel i ground forces entered the Gaza Strip as they press ahead with their war against Hamas militants in retaliation for the group's unprecedented Oct. 7 attack on Israel .
Before continuing, I need to be clear about something: I condemn the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7. It was a horrific and barbaric slaughter of innocents. That first night on Democracy Now, Khouri was a guest on the newscast. In a calm, straightforward way, he discussed Israel’s decadeslong oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. In his view — and he made his case why this is so — the modern Israel state represents a form of white, racist colonialism in its relationship with the Palestinians; and the United States and much of Europe have been complicit in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians.
Like Coates and Khouri, I reject the idea that Israel has been a nation simply defending itself. Israel’s leaders have chosen to kill thousands of civilians, many of them children, in actions that violate international “laws of war.” Like Coates and Khouri and me — and a growing number of others — Mokhiber sees our country, the United States, as complicit in these genocidal acts:
“It’s interesting, he adds, “that we have a formula at the UN that is applied to virtually every other conflict but when it comes to the situation of Israel and Palestine, there’s a different set of rules apparently.”
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