In answer to the following comment:  'If you were really focused on the risk of genocide, there are many countries you could point to and inveigh against, including Arab countries that are engaged in genocide as we speak.'

I am Jewish, that is the reason for my natural concern at the brutality of the Likud government. Not being Arab, I do not have the same knowledge or empathetic interest in their countries or governments. That is not to say that I would not, or do not, speak out against genocide in whichever area of the world.

Gratuitous killing is evil, pure and simple. The killing of unarmed civilians, women and children, is an atrocity and a war crime. Those responsible must be brought before an international criminal court to answer charges. Those who collude or are complicit in such killings, are equally guilty.