Israel’s War on Gaza Is a Campaign of State Terrorism to Crush the Palestinian People
It is farcical for US politicians to suggest that Israel is trying to avoid killing civilians in Gaza. Mass destruction and intentional killing is an integral part of the Israeli campaign, intended to break Palestinian resistance to occupation and apartheid.
People mourn victims of the Israeli bombardment in central Gaza on December 11, 2023. (Xinhua via Getty Images)
The estimated number of Palestinians killed since early October is now over eighteen thousand people, with thousands more missing. US government officials claim to have privately told Israel that it “must do more to limit civilian casualties” as the focus of the operation moves south. However, there is no evidence of any change in Israel’s approach as the focus shifts from northern to southern Gaza and the relentless bombardment of civilian targets continues. This is an edited transcript from Jacobin Radio’s Long Reads podcast. You can listen to the interview here.
Daniel Finn
How do you understand and make sense of Joe Biden’s position toward Israel, especially in the light of news reports that have appeared about internal divisions within the Biden administration over Gaza?
Bashir Abu-Manneh
There is something very personal and eccentric when you look specifically at Biden’s response and compare it to the tone that you get from Antony Blinken, Kamala Harris, or Lloyd Austin, which is different from Biden’s, although we could not call it “critical.” Biden has offered a vocal, carte blanche, unconditional commitment to Israel.
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