U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Israel of “dehumanizing” Palestinians in Gaza due to the humanitarian toll of the war, emphasizing the suffering of Palestinian civilians.
He did not provide evidence for this claim but suggested that the suffering of innocent Palestinians was a form of dehumanization.
“Israelis were dehumanized in the most horrific way on October 7th,” Blinken said. “The hostages have been demonized every day since. But that cannot be a license to dehumanize others.”
“We cannot, we must not, lose sight of our common humanity,” he said.
Blinken also stressed the need for Israel to provide more humanitarian aid to Gaza and to lower the death toll, while emphasizing the goal of preventing a recurrence of past events.
“We urge Israel to do more to help civilians, knowing full well that it faces an enemy that would never hold itself to those standards,” Blinken said.
He denied that the White House’s vision for the region was collapsing and argued that peace was still possible.
However, his comments were met with strong criticism from conservative voices.
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