NORMAN SOLOMON, solomonprogressive@gmail.com
Solomon is the author of War Made Invisible. A new edition of the book was released on Tuesday.

He just wrote the piece “Undebatable: What Harris and Trump Could Not Say About Israel and Gaza,” which states: “What Kamala Harris and Donald Trump said about Israel and Gaza in their debate was predictable. Even more certain was what they absolutely would not say — with silences speaking loudest of all.”

Harris said: “Israel has a right to defend itself. We would. And how it does so matters. Because it is also true far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Children, mothers. What we know is that this war must end. It must when, end immediately, and the way it will end is we need a cease-fire deal and we need the hostages out.”

Writes Solomon: “’End immediately’? Anyone who isn’t in fantasyland knows that the only way to soon end the slaughter of Palestinian civilians would be for the U.S. government — the overwhelmingly biggest supplier of Israel’s armaments — to stop sending weapons to Israel.

“Meanwhile, a pivot to advocating for a cutoff of weapons to Israel would help Harris win the presidency. After the debate, the Institute for Middle East Understanding pointed out that the need to halt the weapons is not only moral and legal — it’s also smart politics. Polls are clear that most Americans want to stop arming Israel. In swing states, polling has found that a large number of voters say they’d be more likely to cast a ballot for Harris if she would support a halt.”

The new edition of War Made Invisible contains an afterword on Gaza, which states: “After the atrocities that Hamas committed on Oct. 7, the U.S. government quickly stepped up military aid to Israel as it implemented atrocities on a much larger scale. In truth, as time went on, the entire Israeli war in Gaza amounted to one gigantic atrocity with uncountable aspects.”

Also, see the latest legal analysis by UN whistleblower Craig Mokhiber: “No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do.”

Solomon is national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.

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Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484-9167

September 11, 2024

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