"When the Israeli army can do these things and get away with it, it can only then do more of it knowing that it will not meet any punishment," said one analyst.

Video footage broadcast Wednesday by Al Jazeera shows Israeli soldiers gunning down two Palestinians on the coast of northern Gaza, even as one of them waves what appears to be a piece of white fabric. The video then shows Israeli soldiers burying the bodies with a bulldozer.

Richard Falk, former United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, toldAl Jazeera that the footage provides “vivid confirmation of continuing Israeli atrocities” and spotlights the “unambiguous character of Israeli atrocities that are being carried out on a daily basis.”

“The eyes and ears of the world have been assaulted in real-time by this form of genocidal behavior,” said Falk. “It is a shocking reality that there has been no adverse reaction from the liberal democracies in the West. It is a shameful moment.”

  • archomrade [he/him]English
    2•9 months ago

    Tradition, is one

    That’s not a reason to do anything, it’s simply a reason not to think about it

    Maintaining a reputation for honoring global security commitments

    Those commitments mean nothing if they are indifferent to abuses, that goes both ways.

    Domestic politics

    Try again. US support for israel’s military action in Gaza is at 36%. If this was real, it’d be an explanation as to why we stopped support.

    Against those, all you seem to have is some mistaken assumption that the US drops allies for war crimes. Which is just nonsense. We sometimes commit war crimes, I assume you were aware of that.

    Because they have material benefits to our interests.

    • @CarroladeEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Just because you personally do not think a reason is important, like say, global security guarantees, does not mean Biden’s State Dept doesn’t. And their opinion matters far more than yours. Similar with our history of cooperation.

      Your 36% is from recently. You’ll note it was not at that level a few months ago. You may also have noticed that Biden’s support of Israel has been steadily declining, we have recently stopped protecting them in the UN Security Council, for instance.

      You can’t describe their material benefits to our interests in any way I haven’t already refuted. Position? Unnecessary when they are surrounded by our bases. Military contribution? Minor. Were there others? I forget.

      I’m beginning to get the impression you’re just petulantly arguing at this point. You haven’t said anything about Turkey’s history with Kurds, or our long history of supporting other war criminals.