ISRAELI POLITICIAN: ‘RAMADAN BEST TIME TO KILL PALESTINIANS’

A Knesset (Israeli parliament) member recently said on television that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should send the military to kill the remaining 1.9 million internally displaced Palestinians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Almog Cohen said the fasting would leave refugees at the border crossing too tired to be able to defend themselves.

After five months of attempts, the UN Security Council voted on 25 March in favour of a resolution for an immediate ceasefire, which would last during Ramadan, ending in two weeks. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it would be ‘unforgivable’ if the international community could not enforce the ceasefire. However, Israeli strikes and an aid blockade have continued despite this legally binding resolution. Plus, since the International Court of Justice’s 26 January ruling requiring Israel to avoid genocidal acts, Israel has killed an additional 6,000 Palestinians.

Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians and injured more than 74,000 since the 7 October escalation in the 75-year Israeli occupation of Palestine. The United Nations has warned famine is ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza, and one out of three children suffer acute malnutrition.