Recently the United States vetoed a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, while all other members in the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution. Also, it appears that most of the members in the UN General Assembly are in favor of the resolution. I don’t think this puts us on the right side of justice or history. The U.S. Congress is about to spend $14 billion in aid to Israel. We must ask, what will this money be used for? Will they buy more shells and bombs to drop on Gaza? Will they give 24,000 assault rifles to the West Bank settlers? The United States needs to specify what this money can and can not be used for.

The Israel Defense Force has been using 2,000-pound bombs on the Gaza civilian population. This action is inexcusable in a densely packed civilian area. I can only conclude that they don’t care about the 21,000 civilian casualties that they have caused. Shelling all the time, denying food, water, medicine, and fuel to the Gaza civilians is a war crime under international law. The longer this war continues, the more chance there is of a wider conflict in the Middle East. I don’t think Israel or the United States has thought through all the implications of this war and what the outcome looks like. And I don’t think history will judge the United States or Israel well about this war.

Craig Fournier

Webster