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by Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. | May 21, 2025


The hatred of some in Israel for the people of Gaza – even for little
children – is just astounding. If they have even a tiny bit of belief
in God, they should pray for forgiveness.

Unfortunately, NPR reported last Thursday (May 15) on “deadly
airstrikes, killing more than 150 people in the past day, including
dozens of children.”

On May 9 the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and many other publications
reported on a meeting of a subcommittee of Israel’s Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee.

The hearing in the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, was not about concern
for children who were starving or who had to have amputations without anesthesia. It was about concern over the public relations harm to
Israel.

One of the witnesses was Dr. Sharon Shaul from NATAN, a worldwide
humanitarian aid charity.

Dr. Shaul said, “I believe that none of the people sitting around this
table are concerned that a suffering child cannot receive painkillers
or even minimal medical treatment.”

Then the story said that Knesset member Amit Halevi from Netanyahu’s
Likud Party “interrupted her angrily saying, ‘I’m not sure you’re
speaking for us when you say we want to treat every child and every
woman.’”

The doctor then replied that she hoped the member would not oppose “a four-year-old child” undergoing an amputation receiving pain
medication. “I hope you have that compassion,” Dr. Shaul said.

However, Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech “pointed at the doctor
and said ‘the only treatment that should be given is to you.’” Another
member shouted, “You are the sickest doctor I have ever seen.”

Elad Barashi, a producer at Israel’s Channel 14, surpassed even this
hatred by writing on social media in early May: “Good morning. Let
there be a holocaust in Gaza.”

In another post, he wrote: “I can’t understand the people here in the
State of Israel who don’t want to fill Gaza with gas chambers … or
train cars … and finish this story. Let there be a holocaust in Gaza.”

He added: “Men, women and children – by any means necessary we must
simply carry out a Shoa against them – yes, read that again – H-O-L-O-C-A-U-S-T!”

He said there were 2.6 million terrorists in Gaza and wrote: “Without
fear, without weakness – just Crush. Eliminate. Slaughter. Flatten.
Dismantle. Smash. Shatter.”

The fanatic Netanyahu has been indicted for war crimes and crimes
against humanity, yet he is a hero in our Congress because of campaign contributions. The rest of the world is overwhelmingly against the
genocide in Gaza.

In my column two weeks ago, I wrote of the letter signed by the 36
members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, which criticized
what it called this “most extremist of Israeli governments” and said,
“We stand against the war.”

Even more significant – in fact, almost shocking – is the column
Thomas Friedman, the longtime New York Times columnist, published on
May 9 entitled “This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally.”

Friedman said Netanyahu has placed personal political survival before
his nation’s and U.S. interests and wrote, “Netanyahu is not our
friend.”

He added that “a permanent Israeli military occupation, whose unstated
goal will be to pressure all Palestinians to leave is a prescription
for a permanent insurgency – Vietnam on the Mediterranean.”

Israel has never had any prominent media voice more supportive than
Friedman has been over the years. He has been writing for the New York
Times since 1981.

President Trump wrote that the release of the American hostage Edan
Alexander a few days ago was “a step taken in good faith toward the
United States and the efforts … to put an end to this very brutal
war…”

Axios reported that “Israel was not directly involved … and initially
learned about it from its intelligence services who spy on Hamas.”
This gives credence to the many reports that Trump is tired of being manipulated by Netanyahu.

CNN reported on May 12 that Trump “blindsided Israel several times
already – announcing talks with Iran, a deal with Yemen’s Houthi
rebels, and direct talks with Hamas,” plus not stopping there on the president’s latest Middle East trip.

Maybe Friedman’s column and some of the statements and actions by
Trump will finally give some members of Congress the courage to speak
out against Israel’s cruelty in Gaza.

https://ronpaulinstitute.org/israeli-hatred-for-children-in-gaza-is-shocking/

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