About two months ago I posted a piece regarding Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, about two thirds of whom are women and children. And I expressed what I believe are the true motives of the Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu regime. At the time of the post last December, I, along with with virtually all thinking, conscionable people of the Western Democracies, was horror struck that the Gaza death count was nearing 20,000, and our government reacted with token handwringing and flaccid posturing. Last weekend, the death toll hit 30,000.

Netanyahu has been aggressively belligerent in the face of any and all criticism over his actions. He insists that the massive civilian casualties are the result of Hamas, the presumed target, using human shields. Tragically, the Palestinian death toll is not just the result of massive, ceaseless bombing of Gaza, but, perhaps more insidious, the deliberate starvation and blocking the flow of fuel and medicine, as well as food. Merely a month ago, words like war crimes, apartheid and genocide were spoken with restraint and caution. Now, they have entered the general lexicon when speaking of the atrocities occurring in Gaza.

The triggering event that incited Israel’s crushing invasion of Gaza was, ostensibly, a terrorist attack on October 7th of last year by the Palestinian group Hamas, which has committed various terrorist acts in its ongoing asymmetrical war with the Zionist State. 1,200 Israeli fatalities were reported, as well as 250 hostages taken. A strong, but hopefully proportional response was expected, justifiably, from Israel. In my post from last December, I asserted that Israeli Intelligence learned of preparations for the attack a year before it happened. Days before the attack, Egyptian intelligence provided a more detailed report and warning to Israel that the attack was imminent.

We are expected to believe that the country with the most sophisticated security apparatus in the world simply dropped the ball in the face of the most serious attack on Israel in its over 75 year existence.

Is cynicism a bad thing? I am a cynic. I’ve always been a cynic and always will be because humanity demands it of me. Cynicism provides clarity of vision and critical thinking. So I will say it again. The Israeli invasion of Gaza has little to do with destroying Hamas or liberating hostages taken by Hamas during the October attack. It has everything to do with leveling Gaza and massacring the Palestinians who live there to make way for the Israeli settlers who are spreading like locusts into Palestinian lands. The October Hamas attack was a classic casus belli, or pretext, for the Israeli invasion. Netanyahu has stated that he will continue to bomb Gaza until Hamas is annihilated. Evidently he believes all Palestinians in Gaza are Hamas.

The massacre in Gaza is unprecedented in the 21st century. Who can stop it?Joe Biden can stop it.

As Israel faces international condemnation , Biden reflexively, and as he himself has stated, unconditionally supports the Zionist State. Here goes my cynical mind conjuring outlandish scenarios of Biden’s inability to reconnect with his backbone regarding Israel. I imagine a phone call from Netanyahu to our president: “Hello Joe? It’s Bibi. We’ve just developed a bomb a 1,000 times more destructive than the one dropped on Hiroshima. We thought we’ed take the liberty of testing it on Chicago.” Biden (slight pause). “Oh yes Bibi, anything!”

The US gives Israel nearly four billion dollars a year, most of it for defense. Biden continues to bypass congress in support of Israel. Another 14.3 billion is in the works, contingent on Netanyahu reducing civilian casualties in its occupation of Gaza. Contingent? Who’s going to declare the inevitable non compliance and cut off the aid? Biden? “Oh yes Bibi- anything!”

The great firebrand of morality, Nathaniel West, condemned Israel’s war crimes and pleaded for a cease-fire, stating that the US veto at the UN security council “To block a vote to end Israel’s barbaric genocidal campaign in Gaza is an act of spiritual obscenity and moral bankruptcy.” He went further and said, “Israel and the US are complicit in the genocide of the Palestinians.”

The next time you see an image of a Palestinian child’s arm reaching out desperately from beneath the bombed rubble, attribute it to our tax dollars and a president lacking the courage to stand up to the 21st century’s ultimate bully- a genocidal war criminal laughing at the great helpless giant that once was the proud champion of the free world.

Say it ain’t so, Joe.