Netanyahu Cannot Mask His Utter Depravity Forever

If that is the case, then how come human rights organizations are calling for urgent international action to protect civilians in the besieged city of Gaza, which is now under a new wave of aerial attacks? How come international rights group, Defense for Children, says Israeli forces and settlers have killed nearly 2,000 Palestinian children over the past 15 years?

Certainly Allan Hogarth, Amnesty International UK’s Head of Policy and Government Affairs, is not an anti-Semite, when he says: “The UK should be unequivocal about Israel’s settlement policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which is a war crime. The UK must press for an immediate halt to Israel’s construction and expansion of illegal settlements. All those suspected of criminal responsibility must be brought to trial.”

And how can Netanyahu explain what Amnesty International declares in its latest report: “The blockade is overly excessive and prevents vital supplies and aid from entering the impoverished area, which is home to 1.8 million Palestinians.”

Gaza’s suffering is unacceptable and must end now. Israel must lift the blockade and end its collective punishment of the civilian population. The relentless air assault on Gaza has seen Israeli forces flagrantly disregard civilian life and property, which must be protected under international humanitarian law.

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders are pretty much aware that what is going on in Gaza is a war crime, pure and simple. And they know exactly why without even listening to Amnesty director’s latest comment in this respect.

Deliberately attacking a civilian home is a war crime, and the overwhelming scale of destruction of civilian homes, in some cases with entire families inside them, points to a distressing pattern of repeated violations of the laws of war.

For those still living in Gaza’s ruins, simply spending time in their own homes – if there’s any, frequenting a mosque, going to a hospital or school has become a dangerous enterprise since any one of these architectural edifices caning there could become at any moment a target for the Israeli army – a potential target Netanyahu callously claims “Israel’s army does not aspire to hit.”

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