Dehradun, Aug. 12 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his intention to have the IDF take over Gaza city as a further escalation of the conflict that has been going on for 22 months. Critics say that it would lead to the displacement of over a million Palestinians and even greater suffering. According to Netanyahu, the objective is to eliminate Hamas and hand over the city to a civilian local government.
This is an admission that the strategy employed by the Israelis has not worked thus far, despite the enormous cost in terms of lives and suffering. Even though it is strongly refuted by Israel, there is no doubt that there are children dying of starvation because the populace has been cut off from food aid that was bei...