NO! No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
The Pentagon has confirmed that the United States has restocked Israel's ammunition pile.
http://www.theguardian.com/...
http://www.skynews.com.au/...
http://www.news24.com/...
The list of links could go on and on. This development is being covered from Australia on down the alphabetical list of world nations.
I am disgusted and horrified and ashamed. The most powerful nation in the world, my nation, is keeping this pogrom/massacre going.
According to the Guardian:
The latest death toll in Gaza, according to the health ministry, is 1,364, including 315 children, with 6,780 injured. Fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed and more than 400 wounded. Three civilians have been killed in Palestinian shelling in Israel.
The entire Guardian feed (available at the link above) is worth a read.
The latest Gaza by numbers:
Number of dead - Palestinian: +1,364, vast majority civilian, 315 children
Number of dead - Israeli: 59. Fifty-six are military - a military with mandatory conscription. Three are civilian. One civilian was a Bedouin not covered by the Iron Dome, one went into the war zone, one was a Thai contractor.
Number of injured - Palestinian: +6,780, vast majority civilian
Number of injured - Israeli: +400, all military
Number of Gaza residents displaced: 240,000 (13% of the population) (Financial Times)
Number of Israeli residents displaced: 0 (0.00 percent of population)
Percentage of Gaza population with access to safe water/sanitation: 0%
Percentage of Israeli population with access to safe water/sanitation: 100%
Percentage of Gaza population with access to power: 0%
Percentage of Israeli population with access to power: 100%
Number of 'safe' places in Gaza: 0
But these numbers don't do justice to the crisis. No power. And it isn't going to come back on anytime soon. The entire infrastructure has been destroyed. No clean water or access to sanitation. A health plague waiting to happen. Gaza is going to collapse into a pit of suffering that puts anything before to shame.
And as an American, my fingerprint is on this.
I can't bear it.
How is that Nobel Peace Prize feeling to you, Obama? And, Hillary? Fuck you.