Did Action by Congress Quickly End the 2021 Bombing of Gaza?
The killing of Mariam Abu Daqqa, who worked for the AP, reminded me of Israel's bombing of the AP building in Gaza in 2021. That seemed to indicate a massive escalation was coming. But instead, some important timely work led to members of Congress moving to cut off weapons to Israel.
The attacks stopped just then. See timeline:
2021: Operation Guardian of the Walls - 11 days
May 10 - BBC: Deadly air strikes hit Gaza after rocket attacks
May 13 - AP: Israel threatens Gaza ground invasion despite truce efforts
May 15 - NPR: Israeli Strike In Gaza Destroys Building That Housed AP, Other Media
May 17 - Daily Sabah: Israel threatens to bomb 2 Palestinian schools in Gaza Strip
May 19 - The Hill: Ocasio-Cortez leading effort to block arms sale to Israel
May 20 - USA Today: Sanders wants to stop US arms sale to Israel, following similar resolution from AOC, Tlaib
May 21 - AP: Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war
The 2021 attack was noticeably shorter than most previous ones:
Operation Cast Lead - 22 days — Dec 27, 2008 – Jan 18, 2009
Operation Protective Edge - 49 days — 8 July – 26 August 2014
Sam, I just heard Jeffrey Sachs say on Judge Napolitano's youtube show that Uniting for Peace is under discussion at the UN. Transcript of Sachs in case you missed this:
"There is talk by the way right now and it's a sophisticated talk that there are ways around the US veto; that the UN General Assembly, operating in a procedure called Uniting for Peace, may have the power to circumvent the US veto and put in a protection force to save the lives of the people of Palestine. This is right now being very actively discussed. There's a lot of credibility to it. It may be the kind of urgent measure that will get done. Would the US take active action to prevent such a protection force? This could be the next step of the US engagement in direct war against the rest of the world." https://www.youtube.com/live/c-8JlGkA9XQ?si=FoPeiGe7uGKxRc0J&t=1303
About time, no?
I thought the 3 operations that were collectively called "mowing the grass" by Israelis were Cast Lead, Protective Edge and Pillar of Defense. I am sorry to say I was not aware of the Guardian of the Walls action. Then that would make 4 operations in total. Do we know what the total number of Palestinians killed in these was? I think of these actions when I hear Zionists speaking as if Oct 7 was the beginning of history before which all was well. As we know from American history with the Indian Wars, natives do not take kindly to being attacked and evicted.