Calls for a humanitarian pause in Israel’s blitzkrieg of Gaza are shockingly obscene. They are akin to a condemned person being offered a meal and cigarette and then executed. What is desperately needed now is an end to Israel’s slaughter in Gaza which is heading towards 6,000 dead, including more than 2,000 children. The largest hospital ship in the world, Global Mercy, plus US and other navies’ hospital ships should be despatched ASAP, to cater for the massive number of wounded which Gaza’s defunct and bombed hospitals will have to abandon. Australia has donated nearly $1 billion to Ukraine, so it shouldn’t baulk at sending its hospital ship HMAS Adelaide to Gaza.
Congratulations Israel on your return to the worship of Moloch who must be well pleased with the Everest of human sacrifices you are making in Gaza. You know his demand for blood is insatiable, but you’ll not find that a problem thanks to US weapons.
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