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26. Holocaust Survivor: "Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. We've got to fight back."

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Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:54 PM

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Holocaust Survivor Mr. Rene Lichtman: “Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. We’ve got to fight back.” An expert who survived the Nazi genocide might know something about this issue. (Credit: World Socialist Website)

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), an Ashkenazi Jew who lost relatives in the Holocaust, issued this statement on 18 Nov 2024:

"Continuing to provide Israel with the offensive weapons it uses on civilians is morally wrong."

Palestinian children line up for food in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, on 17 Oct 2024. The UN warns of an imminent famine in Gaza this winter. When civilians die of starvation, disease, untreated wounds, or exposure to extreme cold, this is called “NHI" or "No Humans Involved." This is why medical personnel and facilities are targeted. (Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana / AP)

(Photo: Washington Post. Snopes.com verified this is a genuine, un-doctored image.)

Sources:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/01/24/fwpx-j24.html

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/bernie-sanders-no-more-arms-sales-to-netanyahu/

https://www.snopes.com/

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Virtually no aid has reached besieged north Gaza in 40 days, UN says [View all] muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago OP

Bibi wants money, but wants roadblocks to getting Palestinians aid. Omnipresent 21 hrs ago #1

I'd think Palestinian leadership should be questioned jimfields33 21 hrs ago #2

Can they hear the questions around the explosions and ambulance sirens? Omnipresent 21 hrs ago #3

Yes they can. Even from Turkey, or Qatar, or from wherever they are hiding. Beastly Boy 15 hrs ago #24

What are you trying to say? Omnipresent 10 hrs ago #55

I am trying to answer your question. Beastly Boy 9 hrs ago #57

You can't send in aid from the West Bank without getting past the Israeli soldiers muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago #4

The convoys are getting past Israeli soldiers allright! They are being left undelivered and looted Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #27

Except that is not what news reports say. For instance, the one in the OP. (nt) muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #31

Don't believe your lyin eyes Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #35

The Kerem Shalom crossing is in southern Gaza muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #37

"Order-enforcing replacements". What a pretty euphemism! Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #42

Not a euphemism. As Haaretz wrote, muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #46

What made them "local police", other than the guns? Beastly Boy 13 hrs ago #49

Bollocks. muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #52

Who identified them as police, and on what grounds? Beastly Boy 11 hrs ago #53

Where would they get supplies to take care of people? womanofthehills 20 hrs ago #14

On the Gaza side of the border. Tons of supplies are stuck in Gaza and remain undelivered Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #29

The warehouses under Israeli control? muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #34

Bernie is working on part of that - womanofthehills 21 hrs ago #9

Hello Israel supporters, this is not OK!! AloeVera 21 hrs ago #5

I understand. But they've been saying that Gaza is in the jimfields33 21 hrs ago #7

Trucks are often blocked at border womanofthehills 21 hrs ago #10

Hamas is just terrible. jimfields33 21 hrs ago #11

But you fail to mention Israel drones womanofthehills 20 hrs ago #16

Israel is supplying the food. Would be weird for them to destroy it. jimfields33 19 hrs ago #19

Israel doesn't supply the food. The UN does. NGOs do. Israel then decides if they block it or not. muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #22

It is not Hamas, it is criminal gangs looting right under the IDF's noses. AloeVera 19 hrs ago #23

Yes, more questions. Imagine IDF interfering with the looting in any way. Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #39

So they shoot at Palestinian policemen trying to prevent the looting instead? N/T. AloeVera 14 hrs ago #40

Yes. Yes they do. Look up the rules governing enemy combatants in the Geneva Conventions. Beastly Boy 13 hrs ago #45

I don't think the 2 sides went to the aid trucks hand-in-hand. AloeVera 13 hrs ago #48

Regardless of what you think, Beastly Boy 13 hrs ago #50

You can have all the trucks in the world but if they deny the request for the access it does no good. moniss 20 hrs ago #13

Now drones are destroying the aid womanofthehills 20 hrs ago #15

Pure sadistic barbarism. AloeVera 20 hrs ago #18

It's a land grab by genocide Avalon Sparks 14 hrs ago #25

Thank you, kindred spirit. AloeVera 14 hrs ago #30

We truly are Avalon Sparks 8 hrs ago #59

Whose drones? Where? Link please! Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #33

No, I don't think you understand. AloeVera 19 hrs ago #21

The same people who say it is pure evil for Israel to not take charge of aid deliveries in Gaza, also say Beastly Boy 8 hrs ago #58

Hello Israel detractor, tons of supplies are siring on the Gazan side of the border Beastly Boy 14 hrs ago #32

The BBC really left a lot out in this article Mosby 21 hrs ago #6

Horrible. They were voted in to take care of their population jimfields33 21 hrs ago #8

Wow! And you read this where? womanofthehills 20 hrs ago #17

Still doesn't excuse the Palestinian government from negligence. jimfields33 19 hrs ago #20

It's criminal gangs allowed to loot by the IDF. AloeVera 14 hrs ago #38

That was in central and southern Gaza, not northern, so it's not the story the BBC was reporting muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #12

Holocaust Survivor: "Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. We've got to fight back." C0RI0LANUS 14 hrs ago #26

Sanders is a non practicing Jew who doesn't represent Jews. JohnSJ 14 hrs ago #36

When the sociopath takes over I wonder what will happen? JohnSJ 14 hrs ago #28

After 13 months you're still wondering what happens when a sociopath is given free rein?? AloeVera 14 hrs ago #41

If hamas didn't provide the catalyst of October 7, this would NOT have happened. In addition, the actions of hamas JohnSJ 13 hrs ago #43

Nice try. N/T AloeVera 13 hrs ago #44

Nice try about what? Hamas has all but insured that netanyahu will not be leaving anytime soon. JohnSJ 13 hrs ago #47

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) represents human beings and ran for President of the United States. C0RI0LANUS 12 hrs ago #51

Very interesting. Bernie represents human beings. Beastly Boy 9 hrs ago #56

Man's inhumanity to man in full display. I've been to Israel seven times and I'm never going back. C0RI0LANUS 11 hrs ago #54