How Many Dead Palestinian Children Are Enough? [View all]
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How Many Dead Palestinian Children Are Enough?
This is ethnic cleansing, pure and simple. The goal is to eliminate Palestinians from both Gaza and the West Bank, as well as Jerusalem.
GARY SMITH
May 20, 2025
How many dead children is it going to take before Israel and its Zionist supporters are satisfied? What is the number that needs to be met before governments in the West intervene? When will the United States and other countries stop selling weapons and funding the genocide of children? This is a serious question.
Because after 19 months of genocide, Israel has reportedly killed17,400 children. Many more are buried under rubble and presumed dead, but not included in this running total of children killed.
Clearly, 17,400 is not enough dead children, since Israel continues to kill one child in Gaza every 45 minutes, an average of 30 children killed every day.
“ As a Jew, I am well aware that Israel has been systematically killing children for 77 years. This is not new. What is new is the world is watching children blown to literal pieces.”
As of March 2, Israel has cut off all aid to Gaza. Israel has blocked food, water, and medicine from reaching the 2.3 million people in Gaza. “A million children in Gaza depend on humanitarian aid. Their lives are hanging in the balance,” said Juliette Touma, director of communications for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator said the halting of humanitarian aid amounts to “cruel collective punishment.”
The human beings under siege in Gaza are not starving; they are being deliberately starved. There is a very clear distinction between the two.
But apparently, it’s still not enough dead children. Israel broke the latest cease-fire agreement on March 18. The Gaza Health Ministry says2,326 people, including732 children, have been killed since that day when Israel shattered the truce. The overall death toll since the war broke out is at 52,418.
Again, how many dead children are enough?
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