Pain of West Asia needs salve of humanitarianism
Jumma (Friday), but decided against it as a result of some “back door diplomacy". By killing innocent hostages, Hamas could risk losing support in the Islamic world. Millions had taken to the streets in Jordan’s capital Amman after Friday prayers to protest against the bombardment of Gaza.
Similar protests also took place around the world, including in New York. If Israel’s rage lasts a few more days, support for the people of Gaza may grow. The UN secretary-general has urged Israel against retaliatory action and said: “Even war has rules." US president Joe Biden has also asked his old ally to follow the “law of war".
It is the same Biden, though, who authorized the Pentagon to deliver lethal weaponry to Israel immediately after the attack. The first shipment of weapons has already arrived. In the last three decades, the two-faced American diplomacy and hollowness of the UN have inflicted unspeakable harm on the world.
Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan are living examples of this. Consider the plight of the Gazans. Despite the rain of bullets, Hamas warned them to stay back in their houses, while Israel pressured them to evacuate.
Water, electricity and other supplies have been blocked continuously for the past week. Hospitals are crowded with the injured and diseased. Medicines and doctors are in scarce supply.
Israeli bombs and missiles have hit 23 ambulances and more than 50 medical facilities so far. The 2.2 million humans who live in zone—this world’s most densely populated —are already known as people imprisoned for life. The timing of this war is notable.
Ahead of it, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas both had been rapidly losing support. Their popularity scores had dropped by more than half. “Mr.
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