Even dead Palestinian children pose a threat to Israel

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After Israel broke the ceasefire on  the night of March 17th – 18th (having broken it on a near daily basis…) “a few dozen women got together in Tel Aviv…but they didn’t have enough participants to hold the images of the 183 Palestinian children reportedly killed that night”.  However the number has grown and last Saturday reached 300 .  This is terrifying to the Israeli authorities who issued instructions for those preparing a demonstration for Thursday (April 24th) saying that the demonstration could not take place unless organisers “agreed to a ban on signs displaying images of “kids or babies from Gaza” or bearing references to “genocide and ethnic cleansing.”

It seems the police have drawn back; even staunch supporters of what Israel is doing to Gaza opposed this further shrinking of democratic rights.  They are trying to suppress empathy, which this article shows is growing.  Much more is needed and, however long it takes to change, it will be too late for millions of Palestinians who are being subjected to horror beyond horror, terror beyond terror.

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This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Mon 21 Apr 2025. Read the original here.