The following is an article by former TD (Irish MP) Joe Higgins, a well-known Socialist Party campaigner in Ireland, who writes a weekly column in the Irish Daily Mail
Capitalist regimes unable to provide peace and stability
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland), from the Irish Daily Mail, 7 January
Since December 27th, the Israeli Defence Forces have killed at least 560 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly civilians. Hamas rockets have killed 4 Israeli civilians. In much of the media this is called a war. It should be called a massacre. On new Year’s Day the Israelis dropped a bomb on the home of Nisar Rayan, a Hamas leader. It killed him. It also killed several women and children in his family. The Israeli Government calls this a targeted assassination. It should be called a war crime.
