The Guardian did three 10 minute video documentaries about the most recent Israeli war against Gaza. They lay bare what Israel’s spokespeople are so good at dancing around: the Israeli forces target civilians, hospitals and medical workers, in addition to militants. These stories are backed up by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/gaza-war-crimes-investigation

Of course, Hamas, Hizbollah, and other groups do the same thing against Israelis. The key difference is that we are not funding them, while we are directly funding Israel’s military to the tune of billions of dollars a year. Those civilians, hospitals, and medical workers were attacked using weapons supplied directly by the US government. In fact, our government stepped up weapons shipment to meet Israeli requests for more weapons. Supposedly, our laws say that we cannot give weapons to groups that break the Geneva conventions. Apparently, no one in government, including the Democrats and the Republicans, think our laws are worth enforcing.

Rahm Emmanuel supports Israeli military actions like this one in Gaza. Do you think the Obama administration is going to bring change with Emmanuel as the Chief of Staff? Ultimately, it is not useful to takes sides on Israel-Palestine debate. It is useful to stop funding military action on all sides.