Recruiting To Kill -- It Is Not Just An Israeli War On Gaza | Ramzy Baroud

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

July 31, 2014

To some, U.S. secretary of state John Kerry may have appeared to be a genuine peacemaker as he floated around ideas during a Cairo visit on 25 July about a ceasefire between Israel and resisting Palestinian fighters in Gaza.

But behind his measured diplomatic language, there is a truth not even America’s top diplomat can easily hide. His country is very much involved in fighting this dirty war on Gaza that has killed more than 1,050 persons, injured thousands more, and destroyed much of an already poor, dilapidated space that is barely inhabitable to begin with.

U.S. economic and military aid to Israel is measured annually in the billions of dollars, and the U.S. government continues to be Israel’s strongest and most ardent ally and political benefactor. In fact, the U.S.-Israel “special relationship” is getting more “special” by the day even though Israel is sinking further into the abyss of a well-deserved isolation.

True, there are some, even in the justice for Palestinians camp, who oddly speak of how exceptional and fair the Barack Obama Administration has been in comparison to its predecessors. However, they neglect the fact that aside from a few particularly strong-worded statements, Obama has been a dedicated stalwart on behalf of Israel and its security by going as far as defending Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ war -- the slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza.

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[Jefferson23]

1. I don't know Mr Baroud if it will be necessary to rely on those unreliable any longer for justice.

It is one thing to fail to stop war crimes from being committed, it is a whole other level of failure to defend, finance and take active part in carrying out these war crimes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not the only leader culpable of Gaza’s bloodbath; others in western capitals should also be held to account.