— Ben RhodesToday, no one can deny that the Israeli government prevented aid from reaching Gaza, used force against civilians well beyond the laws of war and destroyed most of the Gaza Strip. Those facts led many scholars, human rights organizations and U.N. bodies to conclude that Israel committed genocide, using weapons supplied by the U.S. — a moral stain that cannot be removed.
Replicated under Fair Use from Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza - The New York Times by Ben Rhodes.