I've been a WCK donor since inception and I am devastated. It's past time for Israel to remove Netanyahu.
World Central Kitchen Pauses Gaza Operations After 7 Workers Killed https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-gaza.html
He. Just. Cannot. Shut. Up. [International Version]
Important to note this is the second time and I don't think there are any food orgs left, so it won't happen again by default.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel acknowledged on Tuesday a “tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people”
“It happens in war, we are fully examining this, we are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again,” said Mr. Netanyahu.
@Cosmichomicide It's sickening.
I literally cried. There are two charities I support without reservation - World Central Kitchen and The Carter Center. I feel gut punched.
That's a #GiftArticle - I forgot to tag.
@Cosmichomicide The Israelis should not be involved in the investigation at all because we already know exactly what their findings will be.They can and are doing what they want now.The War Crimes Commission are going to be very,very busy when all's said and done.
It will be difficult for an outside investigation to convince me that it was just a mistake, impossible for one by the Israelis. Netanyahu has managed to take near universal global support and turn it into a horror show.
@Cosmichomicide They're never going to recover from this.They've taken the moral low-ground and won't be budged from it. It's war crime piled upon war crime every single day.
I was a kid during Entebbe, Munich, and Camp David, so I grew up with an ingrained support of Israel. October was horrific, yes, but not a free killing pass. What is happening now is worse to the point it has me wondering if Israel decided a few dead aid workers was worth it to starve Gazans. And I would have never thought that even a year ago.
Glad WCK got the picture of the obvious air strike out before the roadside bomb propaganda excuse could be kited.
And, I'm sorry, but that is the most center target accidental strike I've ever seen. 😭
@Cosmichomicide I'm not expecting anything better from Israel to be honest. They're fast on their way to becoming a pariah state.As you say,October was awful but the response has been far from proportionate.If anything,October showed that they're not as on the ball as they like to promote themselves to be.
I keep thinking about The West Wing episode "The Proportional Response". It resonated with me then and we are seeing the results of a different set of decisions playing out in real life.
@Cosmichomicide We're watching a country spiralling around the moral plug hole at the mo.And they're more than happy to show the entire world exactly how low they're willing to go.The response from the leaders of the nations whose citizens were murdered will be telling.
@Cosmichomicide I've seen that the usual mouth breathers are all pushing the IED on other platforms.That's definitely a strike from above.
@Cosmichomicide can't convince ppl that the Israelis intend to kill all Palestinians. Sigh.
I just posted a "5 Months Later" article from NPR about Israel. That was my takeaway, though the article didn't say it.
68% of Israeli Jews oppose humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Read it again. Bibi is executing the will of the Israeli people.
No more offensive weapons. Iron Dome refills only.
Article link redux:
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/09/1236537541/israel-five-months-hamas-war
As we know, Bibi's doing this to prolong his stay and thus keep his butt out of jail. And now it looks like the nuts (particularly secular Iraqi Kurd Itamar 😮 😆) he's enabled are coming for him because he's not standing up to Biden ENOUGH? 🙄
I emailed my representative this morning asking that the coming investigation not include the Israelis in any capacity other than as subjects of the inquiry.