The Lancet concluded that HAMAS's count of people killed in Gaza is basically accurate, but probably an underestimate.

Compare with Iraq Body Count, which sincerely tried to be accurate, but whose methodology chose to err on the side of underestimate.

The Guardian: *America's future must be set by voters, not the gun.*

If we want it to be decided by the voters, in a free and fair election, we need to fight against Republican voter suppression and gerrymandering.

Biden has imposed US banking sanctions on some Israeli colonies in Palestine and leaders of them, specifically for their attacks on Palestinians.

That is a good step in the right direction, but taking a step every month or two is very slow progress. The first one was a warning shot, which was a good step. But now it is past time for heavy fire of sanctions.

*Russia Attacks Hospitals in Ukraine. Israel Does the Same in Gaza. The U.S. Response Couldn’t Be More Different.*

Photos from al-Jazeera, confirmed by Israeli soldiers' testimony, show that it is not unusual for them to shoot unarmed Palestinians for no military reason.

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Further, the Israeli army has very lax rules of engagement. Soldiers are welcome to shoot — whether at a tree or at a human being — whenever they feel like it.

HAMAS fighters do not wear uniforms. So it is indeed not possible to be entirely certain that an adult Palestinian man walking 100 meters away is not a fighter. But usually it is possible to be see that that man is not a threat to anyone at present. The small chance that he is a HAMAS fighter does not justify killing someone who is probably a civilian. Let alone someone who is surely a civilian; but some soldiers kill even in those circumstances.

The lawful, and moral, thing to do is to fire a warning shot to tell him to go away. But the Israeli army does not order soldiers to do that.

Although I am not expert enough to state this as a certainty, from what I know I think that these policies of the Israeli army amount to war crimes for which the highest officers and officials are responsible.

Soldiers are also sometimes ordered to burn down or destroy any and all Palestinian houses they have been using temporarily, citing various irrational justifications. For instance, they must make sure not to leave any ammunition or food that Palestinians (presumed to be "terrorists") might use.

Destroying food so to make sure that starving Palestinians do not eat it??? Denying food to the civilians to ensure there is none for the fighters??? That is systemic inhumanity.