'Total outrage': White House condemns Israeli settlers' attack on Gaza aid trucks

[erodriguez]

Source: The Guardian

“It is a total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys coming from Jordan, going to Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistance,” US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters.

Israel’s siege of Gaza has created what aid officials are referring to as “man-made starvation”, with the territory facing the threat of mass deaths from famine with children already dying from hunger.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/total-outrage-white-house-condemns-israeli-settlers-attack-on-gaza-aid-convoy

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It's not the first time this has happened. And the Israeli police did nothing to stop it while it was happening.

These "settlers" are fine with starving people and ethnic cleansing in order to get some beachfront land.

[mucifer]

1. That is so horrible.

[Think. Again.]

2. And they have the silent support...

...of netanyahu's rightwing government.

[atreides1]

5. The support isn't silent

There have been several members of Netanyahu's cabinet who have been very verbal in their support for an end to the Palestinian "problem"!

And let's not forget the active participation of the Israeli police and military...actively looking the other way!

[peppertree]

64. Two modern-day Milosevics

"Can you believe it, Vlad? I Milosevic them worse than Milosevic, and spy on the Americans like a son-of-a-bitch - and all their congresscritters can agree on, is throwing me more money!"

"What a country."

[Traurigkeit]

72. plus people in U.S. sending cash

LeftInTX (25,808 posts)

7. Apparently you can donate to them from the US
Reply to Mossfern (Reply #6)
Mon May 13, 2024, 08:38 PM


https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/donation-targets/122060/about

Who do I report this to???
This website should be blocked in the US.

[LeftInTX]

104. I reported it to the FBI and it has been removed!!

https://www.jgive.com/new/en/usd/not-found

I did something good in my life..LOL!

[Traurigkeit]

105. Excellent !

[tornado34jh]

3. That is why I have been harshly critical of the Israeli government

Who do you think these settlers voted for? What they really want is to claim Palestinian land as their own. If these settlers are attacking an humanitarian convoy, how does that make them any better? I should expect that from ISIS and Hamas. There is an ulterior motive, and Hamas is a diversion. I think the Israeli government by Netanyahu plays a big role into why it is such a mess. Besides, we know Netanyahu has unclean hands when it comes to Hamas, he had been propping them up for years, especially in his second stint as PM.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Netanyahu is just like Trump, encouraging the worst and most violent behavior from the right wing.

As with MAGA, they believe that their wishes are all that matter and no one else has any rights. Netanyahu encourages this behavior because he wants all Palestinians gone, whether in death or forced to leave for other countries. The Israeli settlers are nothing but terrorists.

[tornado34jh]

8. Then you wonder why the world sees the US and Israel negatively

Stuff like this. That is not a good look if we are supporting Netanyahu. Look, the reality is, the whole settler thing has been going on for a long time, long before the rise of Hamas. Again, it is one thing if you want to defeat Hamas, but I feel there is an ulterior motive from this government. If Netanyahu really wanted to get rid of Hamas, he could have done that long ago. He was PM from 2009-2021. That's a lot of time he could have done that.

[IronLionZion]

15. That's who got him elected

if any of the far right parties in Netanyahu's coalition pull out because they don't like some compromise, that triggers a new election. Netanyahu won't be elected again, and he goes to prison for corruption.

[mopinko]

4. we need blue hats.

i have no problem w american troops going over there and making sure this aid gets where it’s going. but it’s not my call.
but a un force, w soldiers from other me countries, needs to b stood up.
NOW!

[maxsolomon]

60. Israel's not letting the UN on their soil.

Netanyahu's going to have to reign in these fanatics. TBD if Biden has any hammer that would persuade him to do so.

[mopinko]

65. once shit like this happens, it doesnt matter what bibi thinks.

he knows he’s going to the hague. it’s a matter of when.
stop the blue hats, grab your toothbrush, bibi.
i think joe calls for new elections any day now. he wont b alone.

[Orrex]

7. Perhaps someone will accuse Biden of being a pro-Hamas antisemite

That’s what usually happens when someone here dares to criticize Netanyahu’s relentless campaign to kill civilians.

[Oopsie Daisy]

10. Hamas are killing civilians. Hamas are the target, not the civilians. Hamas has made the decision *

* to intentionally hide among them, using them has human shields. Hamas has "dehumanized" them and by hiding among civilians, Hamas has made them targets that will be killed and injured in the process of destroying Hamas. Israel does not have a "relentless campaign to kill civilians." The "campaign" is to destroy Hamas. When civilians die, that is the fault of Hamas.

[Orrex]

16. Yeah, Israel has repeated that propaganda for decades

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Explain how that justifies the targeting of an aid convoy.

If a murderer took refuge in your basement and held you & your family hostage, would the cops be justiifed in bombing your house to rubble simply because the killer “hid among you?”

We should demand better from our heavily funded Democratic ally.

And perhaps you should call the Whitehouse to share your insights about Hamas’ tactics.

[Beastly Boy]

33. I don't get it.

You want someone to explain to you how Hamas dehumanizing civilians and using them as human shields justifies jewish radical right wingers targeting an aid convoy?

It doesn't.

Just as Jewish radical right wingers targeting an aid convoy doesn't justify Hamas dehumanizing civilians and using them as human shields.

Why would you think there is connection between the two that conceivably justifies one or the other?

[TeamProg]

43. No, that's not even close to what they said. He said essentially,

that no reasonable law enforcement would bomb a house where a murder suspect took a family hostage

IMO, Israel has no such qualms because it’s all part of the ethnic cleansing process. It now appears obvious that the “accidental” killing of innocent Palestinians is just a bonus killing that can be attributed to “war is war”.

History will not be kind.

[IronLionZion]

45. That sort of thing has happened in the US but was ruled unconstitutional

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing

We try to avoid that sort of excessive force these days

[Beastly Boy]

66. That's not what they wanted to be explained.

The demand for an explanation is crystal clear:

Explain how that justifies the targeting of an aid convoy.

("that" being the subject of the previous post)

This is a quote, not an interpretation of what "He said essentially".

Not even close to "no reasonable law enforcement would bomb a house where a murder suspect took a family hostage" You are saying this, not the poster I replied to.

[TeamProg]

68. Yes, I agree, to quote you and your POV: "I don't get it". That is correct.

[Voltaire2]

20. Hamas is composed of people living in Gaza.

They are not separate entities. Hamas is not hiding among them, they are them.

This nonsense was the same logic we used to justify murdering millions in Southeast Asia during that genocidal counter insurgency.

[Beastly Boy]

29. To quote The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, there are two kinds of people, my friend:

those with loaded guns, and those who dig.

Those with loaded guns are a separate entity. Making no distinctions between them and Gazan civilians is nonsense.

[TomDaisy]

80. so let's starve babies.

[ilovegamers43]

100. The key question

How do you tell who hamas is and who a Palestinian person that is innocent is?

[TomDaisy]

108. I'm guessing the babies are not Hamas.

[Magoo48]

21. Ahhh horseshit. Are aid trucks Hamas? WTF.

[TBF]

23. Hamas is vile, but this does not excuse the settlers attacking aide trucks. nt

[Oopsie Daisy]

26. Nobody was excusing those attacks. My post was taking issue with the *

* false claim that Israel has a "relentless campaign to kill civilians" --- that's all I was trying to say.

[Orrex]

34. Then Netanyahu should end his relentless campaign to kill civilians

And he and his propagandists should drop the bullshit about “hiding among civilians.”

If indeed they’re hiding among civilians, or if they’re “using children as human shields,” as is so often claimed, then sorry, but you don’t get to bomb the neighborhood flat.

Or, if you deliberately choose to bomb the neighborhood flat, then you don’t get to claim that “Hamas made us do it.”

Indiscriminately bombing a civilian town in hope of killing some number of Hamas terrorists who may or may not be there is, in fact, morally identical to deliberately killing civilians.

And spare us any nonsense about “adequate warning.” Adequate warning to do what? To go where? On what roads? With what vehicles?

Give us some numbers. How many thousands of Palestinian children can be justifiably slaughtered in an effort to kill how many Hamas operatives?



Hamas is a terrorist regime that should be wiped out to its last member. Regardless, Netanyahu’s actions are morally indefensible.

[Oopsie Daisy]

36. Hamas is a legitimate target. When they hide among civilians, Hamas turns them into targets too.

I blame Hamas and only Hamas.

[Orrex]

40. That's a nonsensical justification, and you are defending the slaughter of children

You didn’t answer the earlier question: if a murderer takes refuge in your basement, holding your family hostage, can the cops destroy the house and everyone in it on the grounds that “it’s all the murderer’s fault?”

I notice that you simply don’t answer questions, and instead you parrot Netanyahu’s authoritarian talking points. Why?

Netanyahu is making a deliberate choice to murder children. Why do his apologists claim that his heavily funded Democratic ally has no agency or accountability in this?

[Oopsie Daisy]

79. Your analogies are absurd and going around in circles.

Actually, I'm not defending anything, I'm simply telling you where the blame belongs. War sucks. People die. Hamas is making sure that as many civilians die as they possibly can. Blame Hamas. Hamas is "making a deliberate choice to 'murder children'" by making sure that they are in harm's way.

[Orrex]

85. You are blaming Hamas for the children that Netanyahu slaughters

If that’s not your position, then please clarify.

If that is your position, then you are defending the slaughter of children while falsely pretending to pursue some higher logical position.

And the analogy was spot on: the presence of criminals or terrorists does not justify the killing of civilians. If you imagine otherwise, then perhaps you can explain the morality of executing an attack guaranteed to kill more civilians than enemies, and then perhaps you can explain why you find it abominable when Hamas does it but acceptable when Netanyahu does it, and does it it vastly greater numbers.

Maybe you haven’t been reading your posts, but by dubiously shifting the blame from Netanyahu to Hamas, you are absolutely defending him. At least have the integrity to admit it.

[Oopsie Daisy]

87. I'm blaming Hamas for the deaths of civilians that Hamas causes.

I'm not defending the deaths of civilians. I'm not taking a "position". What I am doing is telling you why it's happening, and who actually deserves the blame.

When someone chooses to personally attack me by insinuating that I lack "integrity" (or that I lack "morality" or that I'm lying and making "false" claims) will not accomplish anything. By resorting to such things (ie: personal attacks and veiled insults) it only indicates that someone is arguing from a position of weakness or overwrought emotion. I can assure everyone that such passive aggressive tactics do not work on me.

[Orrex]

103. Your position of pretend neutrality favors the aggressor

You are not in fact telling anyone *why* it is happening. Instead, you are parroting Netanyahu’s propaganda as a false justification for a lethal military campaign against civilians, all while ludicrously claiming not to have a position. Which is hardly the moral flex that you seem to imagine.

And attacking your integrity, such as it is, is unconnected to my easily verified assertion that Netanyahu is deliberately killing civilians.

It is possible, in short, to fault one person’s lack of integrity while also criticizing another person’s campaign of slaughter.

[Oopsie Daisy]

107. Who's "pretending to be neutral"? I've been clear: I'm in favor of Israel's actions in their effort to destroy Hamas.

And, I'm against Hamas. I've clearly expressed my disgust at how Hamas is deliberately hiding among civilians and putting civilians in harm's way for propaganda purposes. They even lie and exaggerate the number of casualties. It's just awful that so many civilians are dying because of what Hamas is doing. Hamas is using them as cannon fodder. Hamas is slaughtering civilians to protect themselves. It's disgusting.

It is important to note that the deliberate targeting of civilians by terrorists is widely condemned as a violation of international humanitarian law. Intentionally causing civilian deaths or using civilians as shields is considered a war crime.

It is worth pointing out that the responsibility for civilian casualties resulting from the use of human shields lies primarily the terrorist organization. The military force seeking to eliminate the threat should make efforts to minimize harm to civilians but cannot be held responsible for the actions of the terrorists. Nor can they just "call it a draw" and give Hamas breathing room to reconstitute and grow again.

In the end, Hamas will be destroyed. More civilians will die. And Hamas will be to blame.

And... OMG: 🤣😂 @ the "integrity" insults and other 🪤🪱🪝

[Oopsie Daisy]

102. Sorry. Repeating a lie does not make it true.

The choice is being made by Hamas when they use civilians as human shields. In wars, people die. Hamas is doing everything possible to make certain that as many civilians die. They do not care. Hamas is to blame. This is Hamas' doing. Blame Hamas.

[iemanja]

82. That is precisely what Israel is doing

Your claim that civilian Palestinians are by nature terrorists is without a moral or factual basis.
That your reaction to these events is to justify them says everything.

[Oopsie Daisy]

84. I'm not justifying anything. I'm simply explaining the reality of how it is.

I understand it's an emotional subject, but the fact remains that Hamas is to blame. They are the ones who put civilian lives at risk. They know what will happen, but they do not care. They likely WANT the civilians to be in danger... not only because they are cowards, but because they can use it for propaganda.

[iemanja]

90. Israel has chosen to invade Rafah

Not Hamas. The Israeli settlers have chosen to attack a food convoy. That is not Hamas' decision. Pretending otherwise is ridiculous. The Israeli government and its citizens are responsible for its own actions, just as Hamas is responsible for its actions. When you blame everything on Hamas, you are indeed justifying everything Israel does, as though they have no agency over their own behavior. That is far from reality.

[Oopsie Daisy]

93. The objective is to destroy Hamas. These actions are in furtherance of the objective.

>> The Israeli settlers have chosen to attack a food convoy. That is not Hamas' decision.
Correct. It was a shitty thing to do. I guess they're resentful of the violence that happened on October 6. I certainly understand their anger. Murder, rape and sexual mutilation are horrible... but I guess they didn't have "agency over their own behavior" or something because, according to some, they were just "freedom fighters", or something.

>> Pretending otherwise is ridiculous.
What's actually "ridiculous" is for anyone to "pretend" that I've claimed otherwise. Stop it.

[TeamProg]

39. Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat.

‘My brain is perfectly clean now!’

[Oopsie Daisy]

88. Good for you.

[TeamProg]

89. You were VERY quick to come back with that!

[Oopsie Daisy]

91. Oh good, I'm glad you noticed.

[TeamProg]

92. Are you sure that you are okay? Nothing wrong with you?

[Oopsie Daisy]

97. I'm perfectly fine. Why do you ask?

>> Nothing wrong with you?
Correct. Nothing is wrong with me.

[W T F]

44. You don't blow up the bank with the hostages just so you can get the bank robbers. What is wrong with you?

[Orrex]

48. Right?

Literally every civilian killed by cops can be explained away by the same logic.

“Sure, we shot an innocent man while he was asleep in his bed, but it was the murderer’s fault. Next question.”

[Zeitghost]

50. This is war, not a crime in progress

We killed Germans to get rid of Hitler and the Nazis, we killed Japanese to stop Tojo and the Japanese military.

It is tragic, but it falls on the evil, murderous, genocidal regimes intent on terrorizing their neighbors and the world.

[Oopsie Daisy]

81. Why make this about me? Why insult me?

And the analogy is absurd. Goodbye.

[IronLionZion]

12. RWers in Netanyahu's coalition have already said that

since Biden restricted the size of weapons given to Israel in the latest shipment. They want bigger bombs. Our tax dollars at work.

[Orrex]

17. And I forgot "it's all Hamas' fault"

Silly me. Because apparently Netanyahu can only act as a Hamas stooge, unable to make decisions or be accountable for his own actions.

[IronLionZion]

19. Yes, he does exactly what Hamas wants

literally, Hamas did the 10/7 attacks to get this type of response from the far right.

[Orrex]

22. It's so obvious when you think about it

I can’t believe that I didn’t see it before.

[JohnSJ]

56. Actually they bear a large responsibility for this crap. Netanyahu was on his way out when Hamas attacked Israel on

October 7.

What Hamas did by breaking that ceasefire and killing, mutilating, and raping 1200 civilians is only empower the Israeli right wing coalition.

There have been so many missed opportunities where peace could have been achieved, but the poor leadership from both the Israelis and Palestinians have perpetuated this blood. feud.

[Orrex]

59. Nothing Hamas does or has done is justifiable

But too many here are using that to give Netanyahu a moral blank check for his military campaign and how he conducts it.

Hamas is a terrorist regime that must be wiped out to its last member. Israel is a very well-funded Democracy and strong US ally. It is reasonable to hold the two to different standards of action.

[JohnSJ]

62. I don't think anyone here at DU approves of Netanyahu, whether they are

pro Israel or not. He has been skirting the Israeli law for quite a few years, and this war has allowed him to avoid prosecution.

[Orrex]

77. They may not explicitly approve, but they happily blame Hamas for every child Bibi kills

And that willingness to cover for him, rather than saying “yes, he’s murdering children,” is essentially the same as approving of him.

[atreides1]

98. Well

Just because people here at DU aren't calling for parades or waving flags, does not mean that some of them they don't approve of what Netanyahu is doing.

Throughout history there have always been those who do not show public support for atrocities, but it doesn't mean that they didn't agree with what was being done, and in some cases took advantage where they could.

Remember, not all Germans were Nazis...

[TeamProg]

47. This is perhaps the most true statement in this thread. nt

[maxsolomon]

61. That's what usually happens when someone hyperbolizes - like you just did.

"Relentless campaign to kill civilians".

This war is filled with gray areas, and some of DU prefers to only see black or white.

"That is all", as so many DUers say.

[Orrex]

75. Oh, I'm sure that he hopes to kill a few Hamas terrorists along the way

Here’s a hint: if you clutch your pearls over word choice while children are starving to death and being bombed as part of Netanyahu’s relentless campaign, then your opinion can safely be ignored.

[maxsolomon]

83. You can put me on ignore any time.

"That is all".

[Orrex]

86. I don't need your permission, but I don't think I will anyway

On an entirely unrelated note, it’s useful to be able to cite examples when saying “can you believe the bullshit ways that people are defending Netanyahu?”

[TomDaisy]

78. the truth is, Nethanyahu did fund Hamas, and was extremely incompetent in protecting the border

while he played culture war games to try to cling to power

[Martin Eden]

9. There can be no doubt that Israel's hard right wants all the land

Including Gaza and the West Bank. They are playing the long game for a unified country in which Jews will always be a supermajority.

They believe, based on what's happened since the establishment of Israel, they can never have internal peace and security as long as Palestinians can hold onto the hope of having their own nation state within the borders or produce organizations like Hamas intent on destroying the Jewish state.

The only way to solve the "Palestinian problem"is by death or diaspora. In other words, ethnic cleansing.

[IronLionZion]

11. Settlers in America used diseased blankets

RW Israeli settlers want that beachfront land. They want desperate starving Palestinians to leave or die. Netanyahu's coalition is full of these types. Any compromise or compassion is met with accusations of supporting Hamas. If even one RW party pulls out of his government, they have to call elections and he won't win again. He goes straight to prison.

"But Hamas..."

[maxsolomon]

63. 1 documented case.

https://www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smallpox-blankets

Probably didn't work, either.

[Martin68]

70. European settlers didn't need blankets to wipe out the existing population. All they had to do was sneeze on them. Most

Native Americans died of the flu or strains of the common cold to which the natives had no immunological resistance. It happened very quickly as the pandemic spread.

[Voltaire2]

13. You can only be a settler in a colonial regime.

[wnylib]

14. I don't think the motivation is getting beachfront land.

What they are doing is viciously cruel, both the settlers and the police. They claim that there should be no aid to Palestinians until after Hamas releases the hostages. Based on that, their motivation looks like rage over the 10/7 attacks.

The constant fighting in the region for 75 years has produced polarized extremes on both sides.

[IronLionZion]

18. There's some of both

they want to punish the Palestinians and they want the land. The settlers are in West Bank, while Hamas is in Gaza. Yet settlers have been abusing and killing Palestinians in the West Bank who had nothing to do with 10/7 or Hamas.

[wnylib]

24. Hamas has a branch in parts of the West Bank.

Hezbollah has an extensive network there.

Hezbollah has been using drone attacks into Israel in this war in support of Hamas.

[IronLionZion]

25. The settler violence has nothing to do with that

[wnylib]

28. Ongoing settler violence from before 10/7 was

obviously not connected to the current war. It goes back to the 1967 war and disputes over UN Resolution 242.

But the current attacks by settlers on the Palestinian aid trucks is connected to the current war and hostages.

[TeamProg]

49. Hmm. It is ALL a part of one long war of both sides wanting to expand their land - or in the case of Palestinians -

getting their land back.

Lot's of bad history in the ME since 1948 with Israel playing the 'chaos agent' role perfectly as directed by England and the U.S.. Just ask Henry Kissinger.

[Bettie]

71. I suspect they also want

the massive natural gas fields off the coast of Gaza.

[TBF]

73. No - it's more than that (the beachfront just attracts the scum like Kushner who will profit ...)

they want Israel to have all the land and for it to be a religious Jewish state. By "they" I mean right-wing Israelis.

Netanyahu has taken it up a notch with the killing, I think they would be just as happy if Palestinians simply left the country (and yes I know how ridiculous that sounds given how most are living in poverty, and esp. how they are trying to survive now). I really do think that is the goal of Likud, the settlers, etc.

[sarisataka]

27. As they should

Anyone blocking aid the Palestinians should be condemned

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218947728

[Old Crank]

30. Not how to win hearts and minds,

or other international support for your cause.

[underpants]

31. Horrible

Texting this to our local talk radio ahole.

[twodogsbarking]

32. They hate each other. It is war. What the fuck do you expect Flowers and candy?

[erodriguez]

35. Definitely hate there as evidenced by the video

of children and young adults destroying the food.

Lots of Israelis are lost to hate. Lots of Palestinians too.

The US should not be involved in this war at all.

[TeamProg]

51. I agree if you mean that the US should not be giving Israel weapons of war. nt

[Chi67]

37. Wow

I expect international aid trucks not to be attacked.

[myohmy2]

38. where...

...are the Israeli authorities...?

...complicit...?

...when this is over Israel is going to find itself in a might big hole it dug for itself...

...what's going on in Gaza it the kind of tragedy that last for generations along with war crime tribunals and epic movie reminders...

...and there is one undisputed fact to be reckoned with, there are many more Arabs than Israelis...

...put it this way, if tomorrow Japan had a reason and opportunity to nuke us, do you think they would...?

...time and technology waits for no one...

[sarisataka]

42. I would ask what you are alluding to

...and there is one undisputed fact to be reckoned with, there are many more Arabs than Israelis...

...put it this way, if tomorrow Japan had a reason and opportunity to nuke us, do you think they would...?

but I would rather give you the benefit of the doubt than have my thoughts confirmed.

[Bayard]

41. Put armed guards on the trucks

Like the old stagecoach days.

[jalan48]

46. What will this outrage mean in actual policy or action?

[AloeVera]

67. Yes... what?

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While the bigger outrage of the planned and systematic impeding/slowing down of aid by the government of Israel is ignored.

The two are inter-related, that needs to be raised.

[sdfernando]

52. Should stop calling them "settlers"

Call them what they are...."illegal immigrants"....or usurpers.....or how about invaders????

[Zeitghost]

54. What's wrong with illegal immigrants?

Invaders sounds exactly like the Magats when they refer to our immigrant communities.

[sdfernando]

57. I only use that phrase as trigger words for the magats....

since they likely support the so called "settlers" labeling them as something they despise would drive them nuts.

[Zeitghost]

58. Gotcha

Then you agree; immigrant communities need to be supported, whether they are here in the US, Europe or the West Bank.

[sdfernando]

74. Of course I agree....I myself

was born in Munich Germany and I have naturalization papers although both parents were natural born U.S. citizens. And, no I was not adopted but I was born on foreign soil.

[JohnSJ]

53. They absolutely should be condemned, and as long as Netanyahu is in power this crap will continue.

[Novara]

55. Bomb citizens, kill them, force them out of their homes, and then starve them.

That's Israel's playbook.

Hamas is stupid. They gave Israel the excuse to do this. They had to know they can't win this. But I suspect a two-state solution isn't their motivation. I believe they attacked Israel in the first place out of pure revenge. But that begs the question: why did they attack in the first place? The answer points to Israel and its treatment of Palestinians.

It's a mess and it won't end well (or maybe at all). But you don't starve people and then bomb relief supplies. Not when you are lying to the world that this is legitimate military action. It is not.

[LeftInTX]

69. Israeli's tearful plea decrying Gaza aid convoy attacks

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/5/14/israelis-tearful-plea-decrying-gaza-aid-convoy-attacks

[womanofthehills]

76. Settlers young kids joined in smashing food

Images on Twitter & TicToc. Sick!!!

[TomDaisy]

94. disgusting! how many children do they need to starve before they are satisfied.

[Traurigkeit]

95. Bibi wants them all

[Aussie105]

96. Too soon?

Is calling Bibi 'The Butcher of Palestine' too soon?

[Magoo48]

99. Hey, perhaps if we give Israel's blood crazed leaders a billion in arms that'll help?

[LeftInTX]

106. US looking to sanction extremist Israelis for attacks on Gaza aid convoys, officials tell ToI

The Biden administration is looking into sanctioning the extremist Israelis involved in the recent spate of attacks targeting humanitarian aid convoys for Gaza civilians, two US officials tell The Times of Israel.

The sanctions would be levied through the executive order signed by US President Joe Biden in February, which allowed the Treasury Department to designate Israelis involved in violent activity in the West Bank, the officials say.

The attacks in the West Bank largely started last month when Israel agreed to expand the aid route from Jordan to ensure that more assistance gets into Gaza.

The far-right group Tzav 9 has led many of the protests in both the West Bank and within Israel proper, aiming to block aid trucks from reaching Gaza. The group argues that the assistance is being co-opted by Hamas — a charge the US denies. Israel has also made a point in recent months of stressing the amount of aid it is allowing into Gaza, indicating that it, too, doesn’t believe the assistance is for Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-looking-to-sanction-extremist-israelis-for-attacks-on-gaza-aid-convoys-officials-tell-toi/

[Aussie105]

109. It has boiled down to a very simple situation.

Israelis are the Good Guys.

Anyone not Israeli in the region, anyone within range of a missile, bomb or IDF sniper, is a Bad Guy. Any gender, any age, not Israeli? Bad Guy!

See how easy it is? That 'war' label really simplifies things!

(Sarcasm may, or may not be involved in this post.)

[Chi67]

110. Good god!

This makes me sick to my stomach! Bibi and the current Israeli government has to GO.