The time is long past for a cessation of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which has turned from a war against Hamas into a war against civilians. Israel had every right to launch attacks against Hamas after its commandos swarmed across the border and murdered over 1,200 Israelis and took over 250 hostages on Oct. 7, 2023. But the scale of death, destruction and suffering against the innocent in Gaza has reached a point where even former Israeli army generals and intelligence chiefs are calling for an end to the conflict. Meanwhile, two Israeli human rights organizations, B’T selem and Physicians for Human Rights, labeled as genocide their nation’s atrocities against the people of Gaza.
The Israel government, which called such allegations baseless, now finds itself increasingly isolated