Benjamin: America is a strong country and has not been held accountable for what it committed in Afghanistan and Iraq (social networking sites)
American Jewish activist Medea Benjamin said: The hands of members of the administration of US President Joe Biden and Congress are stained with the blood of the residents of the Gaza Strip.
Benjamin - the founder of the anti-war civil society organization Code Pink - added that the Israeli destruction in the Gaza Strip is genocide, pointing out that the United States has been involved in many wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other places since the Vietnam War.
She stated that the United States is a strong country and has not been held accountable for what it committed in Afghanistan and Iraq, and what happened in Abu Ghraib prison, and said, "As an American citizen, I want my government to bear responsibility for its actions."
Benjamin described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Israeli attacks on the Strip as terrifying, considering what is happening in Gaza to be genocide, ethnic cleansing, a massacre, and even a Holocaust.
She pointed out that Congress is still seeking to send new aid to Israel, and that the American media is not reporting truthfully what is happening in Gaza.
She said, "I am Jewish, and I believe that I have the right to have an opinion on this matter. This situation does not help the Jewish people or Israel, nor does it help the United States' relations with Muslims, or the stability of the world in general."
Benjamin called on the US administration to stop sending aid and weapons to Tel Aviv.
War criminals
She stressed that the world must not forgive the United States for what it did in Gaza, noting that people there are dying of hunger, describing the situation as "tragic."
She indicated that Congress does not want to help the people of Gaza, and allows this famine, adding, “The Biden administration says: We care about the people in Gaza, and we say to Israel, please do not kill this large number of people, but what it is doing is exactly the opposite, and now they are trying to send $14 billion.” Others went to Israel to buy bombs to kill more.”
She stressed the need to push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government to leave power, and put them in prison.
She said, "Put this man (Netanyahu) in prison, and transfer him to The Hague (International Court of Justice). They are all war criminals, but frankly we have our own war criminals in the United States as well."
Benjamin called on the international community to unite urgently to open borders and ports to deliver humanitarian aid to the city of Rafah and other areas of Gaza.
Source: Anadolu Agency