Conditions for Palestinians are getting progressively worse as Israel’s effort to control Gaza intensifies. Aware that his war can continue only as long as he has the backing of a highly unpredictable US president, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is ramping up efforts to bring the territory under total control as quickly as possible, whatever the human cost.
The vast majority of Gaza’s population of more than two million are now being forced into three small areas, where the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) is imposing tight security and limiting the flow of desperately needed food, fuel, medical supplies, and water.
In this context, the murder of two young Israeli Embassy staff, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, outside Washington’s Capital Jewish Museum last week is especially significant.
