What is happening in Gaza is an affront to human dignity and I would have expected at least one meaningful public statement from US President-elect Barack Obama on the humanitarian disaster that is developing there.
After all he is the man who campaigned on the ticket of change and a new way of doing politics. I can understand that he is not yet officially in the driving seat but this status has not prevented him from commenting publicly on the financial crisis and the rescue package he intends to propose to Congress.
Can Obama stomach the insult to people's intelligence when the Israeli foreign minister insists there is no humanitarian disaster in Gaza?
Does he really believe that all the civilians killed or injured are Hamas operatives? Is the Director General of Shifa Hospital in Gaza lying when he insists that lack of medicines, drinking water and constant electticity cuts are making doctors' work difficult?
I expect Obama to address the Gaza issue. Until now he has let me down.
The truth is that Israel will not heed mounting international pressure to stop its incursion in Gaza until it continues to enjoy the backing of the United States.
What a shame.
Once again the Israeli government has shown that it has an effective, well-planned strategy to do war but no plan for peace. With elections in Israel due for February, rival politicians are trying to win on the back of innocent Palestinian blood.
The defence minister Ehud Barack is leader of the Labour Party and the Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the new leader of the centrist Kadima Party. Both form part of the coalition government that risks being upstaged by the centre-right hawkish Likud Party led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
A veritable competition of hawks at the expense of stateless, oppressed and humiliated citizens.
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