Threats won’t end the slaughter in Gaza

PRESSURE is piling on Israel as its warmongering leader Benjamin Netanyahu goes on a bloody rampage to drive the 2.3 million Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip. The latest to do so is Asean after the Gulf Cooperation Council called on the bloc to support Palestinian rights at the Asean-GCC-China Summit on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Germany, an ironclad ally of Israel, delivered the “most severe rebuke yet over Gaza”, saying the country would not export weapons that are used to break humanitarian law, reported Reuters. Berlin’s about-turn is attributed to the European Union’s ongoing review of its Israeli policy. Germany is said to be selling about 30 per cent of Tel Aviv’s weapons imports.…