Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator
The Israeli military continues with severe artillery shelling in Rafah and the use of quadcopters to chase people. At least 20 people were killed inside their tents as they were trying to flee within the past 24 hours.
At least 31 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza since early on Wednesday, as the Israeli military continues, ignoring calls from the international community and aid groups to stop.
Israel committed a second massacre against civilians in tents in Rafah, in less than 30 hours after its first horrific massacre on May 26, when Israeli aircraft bombed tents, killing 45 Palestinians, including three elderly people, nine children, and 12 women.
The Euro-Med Monitor field team documented the killing of seven civilians, including four women, after Israeli aircraft once again bombed displacement tents west of the city of Rafah on May 28.
The new targeting shows Israel's insistence on ignoring all international positions that denounced Sunday's massacre. Israel continues to commit the most heinous crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip with the intention of eradicating them, in flagrant and egregious violation of international law and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings.
Barely functioning hospitals across Gaza are dealing with an influx of injured people.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has recovered the bodies of two of its paramedics who were killed in Rafah last night.
During the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks have killed at least 493 healthcare workers, including nurses, paramedics and doctors, with many more injured.
How can Israel get away with it?
Israel can get away with mass-murder because the world's super power, USA, defends and excuses them of accountability. The arrogance of Israel's protection under the wing of the US State Department allows them to deny 6 million Palestinians of their human rights, and self-determination, which is a right ensured under the universal declaration of human rights, which the US is a signature on. It would appear the signature of the United States of America means nothing.
Why did the world stop Apartheid in SA but not Israel?
For decades, the world watched the apartheid government in South Africa. The US and other freedom-loving nations put sanctions on South African goods, such as diamonds. In the end, apartheid was dismantled in South Africa because the white supremacist government could not survive economically while so isolated from global commerce. It was the economy that broke the back of the South African apartheid government.
Israel has an apartheid system of government, and the UN has reported their findings in the past. The entire world recognizes that Israel is an apartheid state. There is a thriving Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) movement, but it has not gained a strong enough stature to break the Israel economy, as was the case in South Africa.
Is Israel worth supporting?
Israel is a very small country in the Middle East. They don't produce oil and gas like some of their rich neighbors.
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