‘I hope Jews will attend to what is being threatened in our name. And all Americans should pay attention, given how much our country underwrites Israel’s military.’
A Palestinian man rushed carrying a young Palestinian after she was rescued from under the rubble of a home following an Israeli attack on the town of Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Sunday.Watching from afar as people race toward an abyss, I find it hard to know what to write except “no,” over and over. In the face of massacres that for Jews around the world brought back memories of genocide, the language of some Israeli leaders has, in turn, become murderous.
In such an environment, the ruling Israeli right, some of whose members spoke of forcing Palestinians out of Israel even before Hamas’ latest rampage, has little to restrain it. Tally Gotliv, a member of the Knesset from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, urged the use of “doomsday weapons” on Gaza. Another member of Likud called for a second nakba, the Arabic word referring to the mass expulsion of Palestinians at Israel’s creation in 1948.
In Gaza, mass death has already begun. Last week Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that Israel was cutting off Gaza’s water, electricity, food and fuel. There was hopeful reporting over the weekend that at the urging of President Joe Biden’s administration, water to a town in Gaza’s south had been turned back on, but for many, drinking water is still unavailable. The Associated Press reported Sunday that clean water has run out in U.N. shelters across Gaza.
Influential voices in America are intensifying the bloodthirsty atmosphere. Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., dismissed worries that mass civilian casualties in Gaza will work to Hamas’ advantage on the world stage. “As far as I’m concerned, Israel can bounce the rubble in Gaza,” he said. That phrase, “bounce the rubble,” is a reference to a Winston Churchill quote about apocalyptic military overkill. To Cotton’s right, the language is even more incendiary.
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