Elizabeth Warren Claims Israel is Committing Genocide & Starving Children in Gaza

Last Friday, while speaking at the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland, Massachusetts, Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed the International Court of Justice "has ample evidence" to demonstrate Israel is committing genocide. She also claimed Israel was starving children in Gaza:

If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they’ll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so.

For me, it is far more important to say what Israel is doing is wrong. And it is wrong. It is wrong to starve children within a civilian population in order to try to bend to your will. It is wrong to drop 2000-pound bombs, in densely populated civilian areas.

A spokesman for Warren later stated on Monday that the Senator, “commented on the ongoing legal process at the International Court of Justice, not sharing her views on whether genocide is occurring in Gaza.” 

Those are weasel words. A distinction without difference. If Warren thinks the ICJ "has ample evidence" that Israel has committed genocide, then it means she is in agreement with that assessment. Why else would she claim that Israel is starving children? Why would else would she claim Israel is deliberately killing civilians?

Of course, Warren is simply being dishonest. This article from John Spencer of West Point demonstrates the ends to which Israel has bent over backwards to mitigate civilian casualties in Gaza:

The predominant Western theory of executing wars, called maneuver warfare, seeks to shatter an enemy morally and physically with surprising, overwhelming force and speed, striking at the political and military centers of gravity so that the enemy is destroyed or surrenders quickly. This was the case in the invasions of Panama in 1989, Afghanistan in 2001, Iraq in 2003 and the failed illegal attempt by Russia to take Ukraine in 2022. In all these cases, no warning or time was given to evacuate cities.

In many ways, Israel has had to abandon this established playbook in order to prevent civilian harm. The IDF has telegraphed almost every move ahead of time so civilians can relocate, nearly always ceding the element of surprise. This has allowed Hamas to reposition its senior leaders (and the Israel hostages) as needed through the dense urban terrain of Gaza and the miles of underground tunnels it's built.

Hamas fighters, who unlike the IDF don't wear uniforms, have also taken the opportunity to blend into civilian populations as they evacuate. The net effect is that Hamas succeeds in its strategy of creating Palestinian suffering and images of destruction to build international pressure on Israel to stop its operations, therefore ensuring Hamas' survival.

As to starvation, it is Hamas which is robbing its own people to sell aid on the black market.  

But Senator Warren isn't interested in the facts. She is only interested in appeasing those who demonstrate in front of her office and her home even if their claims are based on lies. 

Of course, I've never been a fan of Warren. That she would say this comes as no surprise to me. But if President Biden uses the g-word where it concerns Israel then that will cost him my support. That is my red line.