Congressmember Carbajal’s announcement that he co-sponsored a House resolution for a humanitarian pause in Gaza suggests he supports an end to the hostilities, but let us not be misled. A pause is merely a few days of relief before Israel drops another 2,000-pound bomb on orphans foraging for food.
Israel’s imposition of collective punishment against the 2.3 million people of the Gaza Strip for the Hamas attacks on October 7 has prompted South Africa to file an 84-page application in the World Court to charge Israel with genocide.
In his press release , Carbajal, however, makes no mention of genocide, telling us only that he supports President Biden’s supplemental funding request for humanitarian aid for Gaza.