"My Mother was a Holocaust survivor and I, we, grew up with the Holocaust all around us, so I know what Holocaust looks like, and how genocide looks like, and this is genocide in Gaza."
"You have failed to see our humanity, we have not failed to see your hypocrisy. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, we charge you with genocide." - Excerpt from Dr. Omar Suleiman's speech in Washington, DC, yesterday.
Facing a soaring #DeathToll from #Israel's renewed offensive in southern #Gaza, the #BidenAdministration is trying to pressure its ally to minimize civilian deaths while stopping well short of the kind of measures that might force it to listen, such as threatening to restrict military aid.
"Can you hear me?"
"Can you hear the screams from innocent people? Refugees sheltering, trying to find a safe place, being bombed by Israeli attack forces this morning - inside the hospital.
Hospitals that are the temples of humanity and protection. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP THIS?"