Since 9/11, there has been extensive talk about what was called Islamic violence or terrorism. Why are Israel’s actions not called “Jewish violence’? asks author of book “Permissible Violence” Israel dropped more than 10,000 bombs on Gaza City alone, he says.
The death toll numbers should not distract us from the other forms of suffering suffered by the people of Gaza, he writes. We are facing a one-sided war with a heavy and painful humanitarian cost, he adds.