This week, Israel has continued to kill innocent people, but the way they have done it has hit the international headlines more, because they killed Europeans. An aid convoy was targeted and the aid workers killed, despite the vehicles being clearly marked, and even if they were not, the aid workers had been working with Israel so that the IDF knew where they were and where they were going.
Since then, other relief agencies have pulled out of Gaza to avoid being hit in similar attacks. I am sorry to be cynical, but I do wonder if those on the right in Israel are glad that aid agencies have done so.
Israel have stated that this was a terrible mistake, but we have seen how cavalier the IDF are when they murdered some Israeli hostages who were trying to surrender to them just because they thought that they were Palestinian.
I was in favour of Israel taking action against Hamas last year. I was wrong to be in favour of that. Israel has shown some restraint in trying to avoid civilian casualties, but no where near enough. When Russia kills Ukrainian civilians, we are rightly outraged. The UK only sells a small amount of weapons to Israel, while they are using them against the civilians of Gaza, we should stop this. What is needed, is a ceasefire months ago. The USA can force this on Israel by stopping aid to Israel, a country which should exist, but would not do so without aid from the west.
