VT Condemns the ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS by USA/Israel
$ 280 BILLION US TAXPAYER DOLLARS INVESTED since 1948 in US/Israeli Ethnic Cleansing and Occupation Operation; $ 150B direct "aid" and $ 130B in "Offense" contractsSource: Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C. and US Department of State.
The Israeli army opened fire at dozens of Palestinians lined up for food aid on 12 March, the Gaza Strip’s Government Media office announced.
“The occupation army once again targeted Palestinians waiting for aid to enter at the Kuwait Roundabout this morning, resulting in a number of martyrs and dozens of wounded,” head of the media office Salama Maarouf said on Tuesday.
“This new crime raises the number of martyrs killed by the occupation while waiting for aid at the Kuwait Roundabout and Al-Rashid Street, to more than 400 martyrs, and 1300 wounded, so far,” Salama added.
Israeli troops committed a massacre against starving Palestinians on northern Gaza’s Al-Rashid Street on 29 February. The brutal attack, which killed over a hundred Palestinians, has come to be known as the Flour Massacre.
Israel has deflected blame through an internal army investigation. Israel claims most of the deaths occurred because the Palestinians trampled each other to death trying to get flour sacks from the aid convoy. Tel Aviv also claimed soldiers fired shots at Palestinians who were “endangering troops.”
Yet the testimonies gathered from Palestinians who survived the massacre described Israeli forces as opening fire indiscriminately on the crowd, causing aid seekers to flee and trucks to drive away. Doctors at Gaza hospitals reported that most of the injured had gunshot wounds, suggesting most of the dead were killed by Israeli gunfire.
At the start of this month, the US vetoed a UN Security Council statement condemning the massacre, marking the fifth time Washington has blocked a UNSC statement or ceasefire resolution that would hold Israel accountable for the atrocities it has committed in Gaza.
Israel has continued to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Despite recent Israeli-approved air drops by the air forces of Jordan and the US – which have been described as insufficient by Gaza’s civil defense – famine has overtaken the strip.
