A world unable to stop Netanyahu’s war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a strike by his military forces in Rafah set fire to a tent in a camp for displaced Palestinians, killing 47 people including children, that it was a “tragic mishap”. Those like US President Joe Biden, who want to see in this “acknowledgement” a justification for their own support for what Netanyahu is doing, are fooling no one. The Israeli leader showed the world exactly how much regret he felt by continuing to bomb Rafah two days later, on May 28, killing 37 more displaced Palestinians, in two deadly strikes, in one place on tents next to a hospital, and in another, next to a UN facility. What is happening in Rafah is a continuation of Israeli actions over the last seven months across Gaza — bombing, killing and maiming tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians to avenge the death of over 1,200 Israelis, killed by Hamas on October 7 last year, and to force Hamas to hand over Israeli hostages.