The Israeli–Israeli-Gazawi conflict and United Nations Efforts in Support of the Palestinian People’s Right to Live

The viciousness of Hamas on Oct. 7 has made reversing this cycle much more difficult. It could take a long time. It will require a commitment from everyone to end Palestinian oppression in ways that respect the entire value of every human life. Palestinians and Jews who take such steps will risk alienating their own people, even if it’s in a way that helps them resist oppression. It will require new forms of political community, in Israel-Palestine and around the world, built around a democratic vision powerful enough to transcend tribal divides. It is possible that the effort may fail. It has failed before. The alternative would be to descend and wave flags into hell.

Gazans have been without clean water and electricity during the fighting. On Wednesday, Israel tightened its siege of Gaza, wreaking havoc on hospitals that are now left with only backup generators.

The mass migration was initiated by an order of the Israeli military. The Israeli military has a spokesman. According to Conricus, northern Gaza will be the focus of Israel’s next attack on Hamas.

The hub of Hamas activities is in Gaza City, but most of the commanders are there, according to Conricus.

He said that troops were in formation around the Gaza Strip for the next stage of operations. Two main routes remained open until 4 p.m. local time, or 9 a.m. ET.

The Rafah crossing was expected to be open until 5pm local time for Americans attempting to leave Gaza. U.S. officials estimate that between 500 and 600 Palestinian Americans are in Gaza, but it is unclear how many are seeking to leave.

The U.S. is working with Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Nations to “surge support to ease the humanitarian consequences of Hamas’s attack,” according to a Saturday morning statement by President Biden.

The secretary of State traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to discuss the conflict with the Saudi foreign minister.

“None of us want to see suffering by civilians on any side, whether it’s in Israel, whether it’s in Gaza, whether it’s anywhere else,” Blinken said. “And we’re working together to do our best to protect them.”

Tasneem Ahl, a medical student in Gaza, described the water supply crisis as dire. “You drink your water or you wash your face and brush your teeth,” Ahl told NPR.

“Brushing your teeth has become a luxury for us. Your mouth is like a desert.”Ahl said her family’s home was recently bombed and they are unsure where they will seek shelter.

Israel’s response to the Gaza Attack and the Second Nakba: What Do We Really Need to Learn from the Israeli Defense Forces?

Israel has launched massive responsive to the deadly attack last week by Hamas militants that left more than 1,300 people dead in southern Israel. Some 2,200 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Israel’s military launched limited raids into the Gaza Strip to find Israelis who were kidnapped by Hamas.

The bodies of several missing Israelis were found by Israeli forces, as was items that could lead to other missing people. Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari added that troops destroyed “terrorist infrastructure and squads, including a Hamas unit that fired anti-tank missiles toward Israel.”

Hecht added that violence in the West Bank — which Israelis refer to as Judea and Samaria — spiked as well, leading the Israeli Defense Forces to take action there.

120 of them are Hamas, so you know how dominant Hamas is in Judea and Samaria. And again, we’re following closely any nationalistic crime from our side, too,” Hecht said, referring to an attack by Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank, captured on video by the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem.

The depopulation of Gaza would be manifestly inhumane and a violation of international law. President Biden and his advisers should ask themselves how it can be in the national interest of the United States to allow another mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes. The displacement of 1948 is called a second nakba as a result of such a cataclysm. The US and Israel will create a future for the Palestinians that is only intermittently death, destruction and displacement.