My latest congressional letter.
First step to peace should be lifting the blockade on Gaza.
There is a false narrative saying that "Hamas should not be rewarded for violence." That is completely wrong. Hamas was following the previous cease fire and did not order the kidnapping of three Israelis in the West Bank. It is well known now that Hamas did not order this, and it likely had no way of stopping it either. Indeed, Hamas had just proposed a unification with the Palestinian Authority.
Hamas only started launching small rockets into Israel after it was attacked brutally with heavy shelling by Israel.
Further, the blockade itself is an act of war against the State of Palestine, which is recognized by 134 nations in the UN. Palestine has full legal rights to arm itself, even militarize itself, and attack Israel to end the illegal occupation which has persisted for many decades now. That occupation is another continuing act of aggression, for which Palestine is legally entitled to self defense using violence directed at its occupier.
Israel has no legal right to de-militarize or block military hardware from any region of Palestine. In so doing, it is blocking the legal right of another State to defend itself.
[I didn't think of adding this: Of course the correct narrative is that Netanyahu should be punished for uncalled for and excessive violence. And the perfect remedy is to lift the blockade under international diplomacy and sanctions if required.]
First step to peace should be lifting the blockade on Gaza.
There is a false narrative saying that "Hamas should not be rewarded for violence." That is completely wrong. Hamas was following the previous cease fire and did not order the kidnapping of three Israelis in the West Bank. It is well known now that Hamas did not order this, and it likely had no way of stopping it either. Indeed, Hamas had just proposed a unification with the Palestinian Authority.
Hamas only started launching small rockets into Israel after it was attacked brutally with heavy shelling by Israel.
Further, the blockade itself is an act of war against the State of Palestine, which is recognized by 134 nations in the UN. Palestine has full legal rights to arm itself, even militarize itself, and attack Israel to end the illegal occupation which has persisted for many decades now. That occupation is another continuing act of aggression, for which Palestine is legally entitled to self defense using violence directed at its occupier.
Israel has no legal right to de-militarize or block military hardware from any region of Palestine. In so doing, it is blocking the legal right of another State to defend itself.
[I didn't think of adding this: Of course the correct narrative is that Netanyahu should be punished for uncalled for and excessive violence. And the perfect remedy is to lift the blockade under international diplomacy and sanctions if required.]
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