Israel’s Escalating Violence Threatens Us All
Jill Stein for President
(September 29, 2024) — When war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the UN Assembly and claimed that there was a “missile in every kitchen” in Lebanon, the subtext of this absurd assertion was loud and clear — Israel will claim Hezbollah is using civilians as “human shields” as cover to expand their genocidal killing spree to Lebanon with impunity, just as they’ve done to excuse their massacres of civilians in Gaza.
Shortly after that speech on Friday, Israel dropped 87 tons of US-supplied bombs on the suburbs of southern Beirut, Lebanon, assassinating Hezbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah and a yet undetermined number of innocent civilians. This isn’t the first political assassination carried out during this nearly year-long terror campaign by Israel.
In July, Israel assassinated Hamas’ chief negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. Nasrallah’s assassination will certainly add yet more fuel to the fire burning out-of-control in the Middle East.
Kamala Harris’ response to this dangerous escalation was swift. She praised the assassination of Nasrallah, claiming that “today Hezbollah’s victims have a measure of peace” while reiterating her “unwavering support” to Israel, assuring that she will continue to provide them with US weapons and billions upon billions of US tax dollars to fund their carnage across the region. Just last week, the Biden-Harris administration approved another 8.7 billion dollar weapons transfer to aid and abet Israeli war crimes.
What was missing from Kamala’s statement was any measure of concern for the people of Lebanon as they’re victimized by the kind of “shock and awe” bombing campaigns reminiscent of George W. Bush and prominent Kamala Harris endorser Dick Cheney in the early 2000s when they launched their illegal invasion of Iraq.
In fact, even George W. Bush demonstrated more concern for the loss of 12 innocent lives in 2002, when he condemned a residential bombing in the West Bank that assassinated a leader of Hamas. At least 1000 people have been killed since Israel started its onslaught of violence in Lebanon two weeks ago, and the death toll of this most recent bombing of six residential buildings is still unknown as teams comb through the rubble for human remains.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.
Biden and Harris are following Netanyahu headlong into an escalating cycle of violence that can only lead to more war, death, and suffering. As Israel slaughters tens of thousands of innocent civilians with full US backing, they are creating more enemies than they can ever assassinate. Jill Stein and Butch Ware are the only candidates with a path to the White House who will stop this military madness on day one by cutting off all US arms and funding to Israel to force an immediate ceasefire and end to the illegal occupation of Palestine.
As we move closer to the election, we’ll surely be hearing more propaganda about a vote for Jill and Butch being a “wasted” vote. But to vote for the duopoly candidates of war and Wall Street is to sign off on the ever-growing threat that all our futures will be wasted in a catastrophic WWIII mushroom cloud. Only a vote for Stein/Ware can take us off this deadly track and help bring a lasting peace.
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In solidarity and gratitude,
Team Jill Stein and Butch Ware
