The Gaza Strip receives only 10 per cent of the food it needs, and the people there face the immediate threat of starvation, writes Responsible Statecraft.
Opposing the ceasefire is a profound strategic and moral error that will cost the US dearly, the piece notes.
“If such a war were to break out somewhere else, and a U.S. satellite state were not involved, it is very likely that our government would demand an immediate cease-fire, and officials would argue that there is no military solution. But when the United States itself or the government it supports is at war, Washington sees no point in respecting international law,” the author of the article writes.