Israel’s allies have claimed that it “is not deliberately trying to kill civilians” (US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby) and is “taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians” (UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak).
Israeli politicians are cheering on genocide in Gaza
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi MK (Likud, governing), 12 November: “We need to put them [the Palestinians] on boats and send them to wherever will be good for them. They’re wanted in Scotland? We’ll hand them over”
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, 12 November: “Occupation [of the Gaza Strip] is a must. Every time our enemies lost territory, they lost the war. We need to be in full control—that’s what will deter our enemies, convey a message of victor and allow the residents [of Israeli towns near Gaza] to return home. I’m not afraid of renewing the settlements in Gush Katif [inside the Gaza Strip]”
Minister for Agriculture and former Head of the Shin Bet Avi Dichter, 11 November: “We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba. From an operational point of view, there is no way to wage a war—as the IDF seeks to do in Gaza—with masses between the tanks and the soldiers … Gaza Nakba 2023. That’s how it’ll end”
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, 11 November: “I am saying here to the citizens of Lebanon, I already see the citizens in Gaza walking with white flags along the coast and moving south … If it [Hezbollah] makes mistakes of this kind, the ones who will pay the price are first of all the citizens of Lebanon. What we are doing in Gaza we know how to do in Beirut”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 10 November: “We will hold Gaza after the war too, we will not trust international forces”
Education Minister Yoav Kisch, 8 November: “We can certainly bring back the settlements of Gush Katif [evacuated in 2005], there is no status quo and nothing is sacred”
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, 7 November: “[Hamas leader] Yahya Sinwar made a mistake and sealed the fate of Hamas and the fate of Gaza”
Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, 5 November: “there are no uninvolved [civilians] in Gaza”.
Reporter: “Should we drop an atomic bomb on Gaza?”
Eliyahu: “That’s one way”
Israeli politicians’ testimonies show their hate and contempt for Palestinians, and support for mass murder and genocide.
Israelis, you are aware of the atrocities committed by Zionist militant group Irgun in 1947-8.
Your former Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, led that group. His aim was Eretz Israel all the way to the Nile and out beyond the Jordan River. Ironically it was Begin as founder of the Likud who, in 1977, came up with the slogan “From the river to the sea ...” for Israel not Palestine.
People do not seem to realise that Israel is intending to erase and kill all the Palestinians in Gaza. The United Nations has proven ineffective in stopping this genocide mainly because of the intransigence of the United States. When the security council asked for a humanitarian pause Israel ignores the resolution showing its contempt for the world body.
Both Israel and the US are opposing the efforts of ordinary people throughout the world to stop the massacre in Gaza. Shame on them!
Ian Curr
9 Dec 2023