It is beyond debate that, at times over the last 75 years, people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have engaged in conduct beyond the pale, inflicting extensive pain and misery on ordinary people. It also seems beyond debate that, if this horror is ever to end, the two sides must agree to a two-state solution. Sadly, leaders on both sides lack the will or ability to reach such a solution.
In the meantime, we are now, as Nicholas Kristof noted in a recent column, “in a bizarre situation: American bombs and American aid are both falling from Gaza’s skies.” While the warring sides may wish to continue to pound each other into oblivion, the United States should no longer assist in such efforts. It is time to eliminate foreign aid in the form of armaments, and to provide humanitarian aid only.
