Blinken urges Israel to protect civilians amid its siege on Gaza
PBS NewsHourAUG 2023
Though the war in Gaza is tragic, an immediate cease-fire would be neither reasonable nor right. Israel has been avoiding civilian casualties as much as tactically possible, and will continue to do so, but Tel Aviv must show strength so as to neutralize terrorists from Hamas and prevent further attacks from other Iranian proxies.
By urging for "humanitarian pauses" instead of calling for a complete cessation of hostilities, the US is intentionally aggravating the suffering of Gaza's civilian population. Rather than taking concrete steps to avoid an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, Blinken has advocated for a measure that would do nothing to halt this genocide — one not even the Zionist regime supports.
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