Moderate men and women of faith, whether that faith is in God or man, must shift their criticism from the Palestinians of Gaza – whose terrible choice is to oppose Israeli oppression and risk having their children used in cheap propaganda, or to surrender to Israeli oppression and risk the very slow death of their loved ones – to the Israeli blockade and repression which have taken away all choice from the Palestinian children.
I call upon the Israeli people to find true Jews to represent them, Jews who would never voluntarily place a child in danger.
And I enjoin the American public to stand firmly with the people of Gaza who are in a struggle for survival, and with the suffering people of Palestine who reject Israeli oppression and embrace their right to be free.