Professor Jeffrey Sachs: ‘US is complicit in Israeli genocide’ – Al Jazeera
Day by day, Israel’s actions expose its primary goals: 1) reducing the size of the Palestinian population through violence and starvation in Gaza, and 2) continuing its conquest of the West Bank through land seizure and settlement. More evidence:
- Starvation is a weapon of war: Gazans are paying the price – Conversation
- Unicef official tells of ‘utter annihilation’ after travelling length of Gaza – Guardian
- US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza – Guardian
- “Staggering” number of children killed in Gaza. Here’s what to know – CNN
- Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit – msn/WaPost
- At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire – UN News
The Netanyahu government’s stated objective of “destroying Hamas” provides cover. The longer it takes, the more time Israel has to displace, kill, and conquer the Palestinian people.
Warsaw Burning: The German Response to the Warsaw Uprising – National WWII Museum/New Orleans
“Many Nazi leaders, including Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, considered the uprising a pretext for destroying the Polish capital once and for all. According to his own recollection, in describing to Hitler how events unfolded, Himmler stated:
“‘The moment is a difficult one. [But] from the historical point of view, the action of the Poles is a blessing. We shall finish them off…Warsaw will be liquidated; and this city, which is the intellectual capital of a sixteen to seventeen million-strong nation that has blocked our path to the east for seven hundred years, ever since the first battle of Tannenberg, will have ceased to exist. By the same token, the Poles themselves will cease to be a problem for our children and for all who will follow.'”