Palestinians hold out empty containers to be filled with food distributed by charity organizations – behind bars since they are unable to obtain basic food supplies due to the embargo imposed by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza, on February 25, 2024. ABED ZAGOUT / ANADOLU GETTY IMAGES
Gaza death toll surpasses 30,000; dozens killed waiting for aid in Gaza City – UPI
“Israel’s devastation of Gaza will—or at least should—weigh on America’s conscience for many years to come. From it, we can draw several lessons both about the errors in American foreign policy perspectives, and about how they can be addressed going forward.
“First, it is an America that places its values secondary to its foreign partnerships that paved the way for this catastrophe—both by providing Israel with a free hand in Gaza (and continuing to enable its atrocities), and by trying to advance strategic collaboration in the region without a care for the implications of that effort on the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people.
“Second, the misplaced focus within the framing of strategic competition—indeed, a deep misunderstanding of what that very real competition actually entails—has undermined America’s own immediate objectives. It has also wreaked havoc on the system of international law on which America relies to sustain some degree of global stability, peace and cooperation within what it calls the ‘rules-based international order.'”
‘Abuse of power’: Hospitals, med schools crack down on Palestine advocacy – Breach