'I witnessed war crimes' in Gaza, former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC

[AloeVera]

10. You are right, there were glimmers.

But Carter was the only one who allowed his sympathy for Palestinians -I'm sure there were others who sympathized more covertly - to translate into meaningful, honest efforts to help them. Otherwise, the U.S. was not really an honest broker.

It's one of the many reasons I loved Jimmy Carter.

Israelis will not see that Jefferson quote as applying to them. If anything, they would see themselves as the instruments of the Almighty's justice if not wrath.

The most generous interpretation is that, in their heart of hearts as they say, they KNOW. But the distance between what they tell themselves - and their media, the IDF, COGAT and politicians tell them - and what they KNOW is too great to reconcile.

"Raw savagery sold as fatalism"? Very insightful. Thank you, I always struggled to describe why I hated the whole "human shields" mantra, a pretext for the savagery and destruction.