Defending GAZA (II): ‘Synagogue of Satan’ DENIES GENOCIDE WHILE COMMITTING GENOCIDE, EFFECTIVELY ASSERTING A RIGHT TO GENOCIDE: ISRAEL HAS ACED THE GENOCIDE BAR
Ilana Mercer | |Israel is engaged in the mother of all performative contradictions: denying genocide, while committing genocide, all the while demanding the right to genocide. | The Jewish State is genocidal not because it has been denounced as “genocidal” by ostensible “antisemites” and “terrorist sympathizers,” but by virtue of its actions. Israel is genocidal by virtue of what it has done to Gaza, the people and their land. [...] Thus, the labels “antisemite” and “terrorist sympathizer” amount to a blood libel leveled at millions, perhaps billions, in the Global South, in particular—although the wholesale slaughter carried out by Israel in Gaza has stirred hearts across the world.
■ US to unblock bomb shipments to Israel – Axios (RT.com) | The US has decided to release a shipment of 1,800 bombs to Israel that was suspended several months ago amid concerns over destruction in the Gazan city of Rafah, Axios reported on Thursday. According to unnamed US and Israeli officials who spoke with the news site, the administration of US President Joe Biden is willing to send a batch of 500-pound (226kg) bombs that were put on hold in April.