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Gaza war was built on lies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly made accusations without providing evidence that helped lead to the Gaza war.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) speaks during a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv July 22, 2014. Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying no ceasefire was near as top U.S. and U.N. diplomats pursued talks on halting fighting that has claimed more than 600 lives. With the conflict entering its third week, the Palestinian death toll rose to 603, including nearly 100 children and many other civilians, Gaza heal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, July 22, 2014. — REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip began, continued and is ending on a lie. The chief liar and man responsible for the disproportionate use of Israeli firepower that has resulted in nearly 2,000 Palestinian deaths — mostly civilians — versus three Israeli civilians, is none other than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

While the war in Gaza began on June 29, the incitement for the war began when Israel’s prime minister irresponsibly accused the Gaza-based Islamic Hamas movement of being responsible for what was declared a kidnapping of three Israelis. The three were apparently hitchhiking in areas under Israeli military control in the West Bank on June 12 when they were taken by yet to be identified kidnappers and apparently killed shortly thereafter. One of the three Israelis called the police and the sound of gunfire is heard on the phone call. Netanyahu immediately placed a gag order on the deaths.

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