There is a sense of frustration in our society, especially when our media gives us around the clock coverage of Ukraine. What can we do to stop Putin's war crimes of aggression and occupation?
It is ironic that the war crimes that the US could end are the ones we never hear about. Take the slaughter and famine in Yemen: a million people without homes, and tens of thousands of children starving. Saudi Arabia would stop the carnage if the US said that it would no longer fuel their planes, supply their bombs, or protect them in the Middle East.The seventy year siege of Palestine has been going on much longer. Over eight million have been forced to leave their homeland in one of the world's largest diasporas. Palestinians remaining have faced a rigid apartheid state, one condemned by Amnesty International and Harvard Law School. In the words of Nelson Mandela, "The United Nations took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system…but we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Far from opposing Israel's war crimes against Palestinians, our country protects Israel at the UN and supplies it with $4 billion a year in military aid, most of which is used on helpless Palestinians. Why isn't the US leading world pressure on Israel to end its apartheid, as well as striving to preserve human rights and freedom in Ukraine?
Jewish Voice For Peace - Hudson Valley
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Middle East Crisis Response
https://mideastcrisis.org/