Public Comment

What Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza echoes the horrors Jews faced under Nazi rule—mass killing, starvation, and forced confinement. Over the past 18 months, more than 52,000 Palestinians have been killed—likely a vast undercount—and over 2,400 have died since Israel broke the ceasefire in mid-March. Now, Israel is calling up tens of thousands of IDF reservists with plans to “conquer territory and remain there.” The goal appears chillingly clear: eliminate all Palestinians in Gaza. 

Meanwhile, a total blockade on food and humanitarian aid continues into its third month. At least 57 people have starved to death, and more than 9,000 children have been treated for acute malnutrition. Aid groups warn that Israel's proposal to control aid distribution via U.S. security contractors will “militarize” humanitarian relief. 

Airstrikes continue to rain down. In Khan Younis, newlyweds Alaa Abu Al-’Anin and Hala Zorob were killed one day after their wedding. As survivor Jehad Sarhan cried out: “Our children die of hunger every day. They are torn apart in front of our eyes.” 

While Israel escalates this atrocity, the Trump administration sends more weapons, and U.S. media and Congress remain deafeningly silent. One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is now being converted into a mobile clinic for Gaza’s children. The world said “Never Again. Yet it is happening again and again with U.S. complicity.