When the United Nations Security Council passed its long-awaited Gaza “ceasefire” resolution last week, the United States wasted no time shamelessly downplaying the move. If the scale of the slaughter in the besieged enclave — and Americans’ widespread disapproval of it — had shamed Washington into abstaining from, rather than vetoing, the measure, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made sure to insist that the resolution was “non-binding.” Despite its baselessness, her remark was surely heard in the war rooms of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Hours after the vote, Palestinians in Gaza reported an uptick in Israeli military attacks, including upon the masses who have sought shelter in the Strip’s southern half….more
