Ralph Nader calls out Biden’s support for Israel’s Netanyahu despite ‘slaughter’ in Gaza
US author, well-known consumer advocate and one-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader has said Israel is entering a second stage of its “genocidal war” on Gaza, and still, US President Joe Biden “sticks to his master” – Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a series of social media posts, Nader said mass graves have been discovered in Gaza amid “Netanyahu’s slaughter of Palestinian children, women and male civilians”.
“Intelligence agencies report all this in their morning briefings to President Biden. Still, he sticks to his master, Netanyahu,” who is funded by the US taxpayer, Nader said.
“Joe, at least demand that Israel allow US reporters into Gaza and get those obstructed 500 humanitarian aid trucks daily into that tiny enclave containing 2.2 million besieged Palestinians,” he added.
Settlers storm archaeological site in occupied West Bank
A group of settlers, protected by Israeli forces, stormed an ancient reservoir, the Carmel Pool, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent.
This is the latest of a number of incursions carried out by settlers in archaeological sites and water springs across the Palestinian territory during the Jewish Passover holiday.
Up to 14 years to clear Gaza rubble including unexploded ordnance
That’s the assessment of a UN official, who has said that Israel’s devastating war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes of debris in the Gaza Strip.
Pehr Lodhammar, senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service, told a briefing in Geneva that although it was impossible to determine the exact number of unexploded ordnance found in the widely urbanised, densely populated territory, it was projected that it could take 14 years under certain conditions to clear debris.
The would include rubble from buildings destroyed in Israel’s bombardment that has reduced much of the narrow, coastal enclave to a wasteland with most civilians homeless, hungry and at risk of disease.
“We know that typically there’s a failure rate of at least 10 percent of land service ammunition that is being fired and fails to function,” Lodhammer said. “We’re talking about 14 years of work with 100 trucks.”
People inspect the damage amid the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel’s bombardment of Khan Younis
