Source: Common Dreams
by Brian Garvey
“Israel’s violence toward its neighbors, long out of control in its destruction of Gaza, now threatens to open new fronts, involve new nations, and even drag the United States into direct conflict. Promises of a cease-fire from the Biden administration have come to nothing. Soft behind-the-scenes diplomacy has failed to achieve peace. In response, ‘Cease-fire’, the first demand of the peace movement since Israel’s destruction of Gaza began, has evolved. The actions of the Israeli military and government, the indiscriminate killing of women and children with U.S. weapons, and appropriate frustration from activists in the street have created a new demand: an American arms embargo against Israel. For U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration, it may be the only way out of a new quagmire in the Middle East. But instead of deescalating the war and reaching a lasting peace with the Palestinian people, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government is expanding the war to new fronts.” (09/26/24)