The Israeli military has ordered new forced evacuations in parts of central Gaza, signaling the expansion of ground operations and the latest displacement of Palestinians, many of whom have already been displaced multiple times over the course of Israel’s war on the territory. At least 50 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, pushing the official death toll past 40,200.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since October without securing any breakthrough for a ceasefire deal. In Chicago, where Democrats are gathered for the DNC, Gaza has been mentioned only in passing from the main stage of the convention. The party’s official platform adopted this week does not call for an arms embargo on Israel and reasserts unwavering U.S. support for Israel.
“There’s been an almost competition between Democrats and Republicans on ‘how much can we show Israel that we support them and that we have their back?’” says human rights lawyer Zaha Hassan, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and previously the senior legal adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team during Palestine’s bid for U.N. membership. “Why should Israel ever compromise its positions if they know that by holding out, they’ll get more goodies from the U.S.?”
We are talking about US politics here, so I’m assuming the focus is what the US has been doing.
Stop funding and supplying arms to Israel.
Like the $20 billion we approved earlier this month (in direct violation of the foreign assistance act)
recognize Palestine as a state
We simply do not do this. Then again we don’t recognize Taiwan either.
Back ICJ arrest ruling for Netenyahu
The US has been opposed to this warrent, and there is talk of sanctioning the ICJ over it.
Should anyone ever arrest any Israeli official pursuant to an ICJ ruling, there is standing US law (American Service-Members’ Protection Act, otherwise known as the invade the Hague act) authorizing the President to use full military force to secure their release [0]
Urge the UN to sanction Israel
The US is routinely the sole veto on every major UN vote on Israel.
[0] This isn’t Israel specific. It us authorized for bassically any ally that is not an ICJ member.
