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Frank Sterle Jr.'s avatar

Too many Western or EU officials/politicians have been corrupted, basically taking direction from pro-Israel/-IDF lobbyists.

All lives and needless suffering should matter to us all; however, that’s much easier for a conscience to dismiss when one considers another an innately much lower lifeform. And, although Israel's use of systematic starvation as a means of war and ethnic cleansing against innocent non-combatants, especially children, may occasionally be internationally 'condemned' as ‘intolerable’, the atrocities will ultimately be tolerated, if not implicitly encouraged, by those nations with any ability to hinder the Israeli state's crimes against humanity.

Therefore, such condemnations — which are relatively few when considering the seriousness and scope of the atrocities committed — are but paper tigers, if not simply the cruelest frauds.

Especially with the IDF under Netanyahu (his real surname, BTW, is actually Mileikowsky), on a mindbogglingly massive scale human beings are being seen and treated as though they are disposable and, by extension, their suffering and death are somehow less worthy of external concern, sometimes even by otherwise democratic, relatively civilized and supposedly Christian nations. And it’s even easier for a conscience to do when one considers another an innately lower lifeform.

A somewhat similar reprehensible inhuman(e) devaluation is observable in external attitudes, albeit perhaps on a subconscious level, toward the daily civilian lives lost in prolongedly devastating war zones (i.e. for 10+ years) and famine-stricken regions. In other words, the worth of such life will be measured by its overabundance and/or the protracted conditions under which it suffers; and those people can eventually receive meagre column inches on the back page of the First World’s daily news. It’s an immoral consideration of ‘quality of life’.

With each news report of the daily civilian death toll from unrelenting bombardment, or even systematic starvation, one can feel a slightly greater desensitization and resignation. I’ve noticed this disturbing effect with basically all major protracted conflicts internationally since I began regularly consuming news products in the late 1980s.

Dan's avatar

The sooner Hamas is out of the picture, the sooner everybody eats. It’s that simple.

Darren Levaton's avatar

Lies lies lies Israel supplies food water electricity and medicine to Gaza and Gaza’s population has increased over the last 2 years.

PapayaSF's avatar

Wow, sounds terrible. Maybe Hamas should consider stop stealing food aid and releasing the hostages.

Pete Ross's avatar

The Top 5 Restaurants in Gaza - Summer 2025

https://youtu.be/DFjhyAsHYFo

Gee's avatar

Here, truth is optional. But the Jew hatred is authentic. Shameful lot convinced themselves bubblegum and popsicle sticks made a sound home, and you just won't shake your error.

Thomas Gall's avatar

This has got to stop, I am not Pro-Palestine or Pro-Israel, I’m Pro-Peoples of each country. The leaders of both need to be held accountable, as both are to blame. These poor people are collateral damage. Sadly, it was the Palestinians that opened their country to the Israeli’s in the early 20th century, and took in those fleeing Nazi Germany. Not European countries, not America, but Palestine. The real problem here is Iran. Most forget that Iran is Persian, not Muslim. The Muslims seized control from the Shah, and have destroyed not only Iran, but Palestine. They support Hezbollah, who supports Hamas. Most Palestinian’s don’t like Hamas, but can’t do anything. Anyone who challenges Hamas is executed. As I write this, Iran’s government is committing genocide on the Persian population. Give Iran back to its The Persians, and punish those responsible for the atrocities in Palestine, and Lebanon and Syria, and we might have a chance for permanent peace. I pray that God intervene’s and that he will bring real peace to the Middle East.