Israeli Ministers Debate Shooting Gaza Children. Again.
Reporting from The New Arab highlights Israeli ministers, including Itamar Ben-Gvir, casually mocking military rules by suggesting soldiers shoot Gaza children near the 'yellow line.' This isn't an isolated, deranged thought; it echoes decades of dehumanizing rhetoric that predates current events. Remember the constant refrain from figures in the Israeli government that 'there are no innocents in
Gaza'? This 'debate' is less about genuinely considering such actions and more about normalizing extremist views that lead directly to the staggering child death tolls in Gaza. These are the same voices championed by US politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham, who famously declared, 'Do whatever you have to do to survive' – a blank check often underwritten by significant lobbying efforts. (On
OpenSecrets.org, AIPAC alone spent $4.7 million in 2023 , influencing foreign policy that underwrites such 'debates').