Sympathy with victims and knowledge are not sufficient..Action is the best antidote to despair. Please act. There are actions listed in this page aza.org and actions listed on my website, PLEASE act in your own capacity but do go out in the streets today (Wednesday) to demand an end to the genocide committed by Israel aided and abetted by US and Werstern governments.
Small correction/addition to my last email: the hospital that Israel targeted massacring >500 civilians (most children) is Al-Ahli hospital which was first established by the Church Mission Society of the Church of England, managed between 1954 and 1982 by the Medical Mission of the Southern Baptist Church, and since 1980 was run by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem. Most of the families murdered are those who came to the area in front of the hospital thinking it was safer there since for 140 years it was a model of Christian-Muslim coexistence in Gaza. The images of body parts scattered even a hundred meter away from the site of the Israeli attack are so horrific and beyond description. But even more horrific was that even this incident did not stop the carnage. Israel continued its onslaught against the civilians of Gaza. Israel continues its onslaught on truth and spend billions on propaganda and media manipulation (much of it comes from tax-deductible donations and direct aid from the USA).
Some disgusting western (Zionist) media thus still parrot Zionist lies or give them the benefit of the doubt! Millions around the world are stunned at the depth of depravity of targeting even one of the last remaining bakeries after targeting several hospitals, residential areas, schools, universities, ambulances etc. Denying food, water, and medicine alone should be sufficient to expel Israeli ambassadors from every country on earth. Israel continues this and the bombing of civilians relentlessly. But demonstrations around the world grew.
As I wrote before, pleading to the US dominated western world to accept international law and international humanitarian law is not useful. They are intentionally destroying such law at the altar of the Golden Calf of Zionism. But now the game is up. Since the Nazi era ended, deliberate targeting of civilians was practiced by the US in Vietnam, Iraq and elsewhere (Martin Luther King said that the US is the biggest purveyor of violence in the world).In 2023 (pivotal year), civilized and decent people and governments everywhere must band together to stop Israel and its US mentor and benefactor. The stakes are very high. If Israel succeeds then other ruthless regimes will be encouraged to also get their way by might of arms and ignore international law.
There should be no 'compromise' that allows Israel to continue its occupation and apartheid policies in Palestine. A "cease-fire" and having other countries donate to rebuild some parts of the damage happened repeatedly in the past as a face-saving measure. It is like having a rapist stop for a while, treat the victim briefly and then allow the rapist to resume. Apartheid, colonization, siege, oppression continued after previous onslaughts (2008, 2014, 2021). Now, there MUST be a different outcome if nothing else because of the scale of the devastation of Gaza and the vulgarity and open statements by Israeli leaders saying they intend to wipe and punish the population (the "human animals" in the words of the Israeli minister of war and "no innocent civilians" in the words of the Israeli president).
Again condemnations, showing concern, and prayers are not sufficient. Actions to hold the genocidal criminals accountable are needed NOW. See http://ongaza.org. Demand the expulsion the Israeli ambassadors from your countries.(and the US ambassadors if they do not stop funding and arming the criminals)
Please join the struggle for ending apartheid/colonialism to build a better society (see my book "Sharing the Land of Canaan" available online.
Stay human
Mazin Qumsiyeh