The father of an American who was killed by Israel in Gaza while working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and told him the US should cut military aid to Israel to end the slaughter in Gaza.
Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old dual US-Canadian citizen, was killed alongside six other WCK workers while traveling along a route pre-approved by the Israeli military. He leaves behind a one-year-old son, Jasper Flickinger, and his partner, Sandy Leclerc.
“If the United States threatened to suspend aid to Israel, maybe my son would be alive today,” Jacob’s father, John Flickinger, told The Associated Press. “I’m hopeful that this is the last straw, that the United States will suspend aid and will take meaningful action to leverage change in the way Israel is conducting this war.”
Israel said it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others over the slaughter of the aid workers and is still claiming the attack was an accident. But they were killed in three separate drone strikes that targeted three cars that were clearly marked with the WCK logo.
Jacob’s mother, Sylvia Labrecque, told BBC that the idea the killing was an accident is a “joke.” Labrecque described Jacob, who was in the Canadian military for 11 years, as a “good human being” who “was extremely devoted to his work and his family.”
José Andrés, founder of the WCK and a celebrity chef, said in an interview over the weekend that Israel was waging a “war against humanity.” Back in October, Andrés defended Israel’s conduct in Gaza, but now he has harsh words for the campaign.
“This is not anymore about the seven men and women of World Central Kitchen that perished on this unfortunate event. This is happening for way too long. It’s been six months of targeting anything that seems moves,” Andrés said. “This doesn’t seem a war against terror. This doesn’t seem anymore a war about defending Israel. This really, at this point, seems it’s a war against humanity itself.”
Cut off all US aid to Israel permanently.
Yes. $3.8 billion a year could do a lot here, in the U.S.
It was all “OK” when it was just Palestinians that were being killed.
They’re not seen as human, after all.
This.
“Back in October, Andrés defended Israel’s conduct in Gaza, but now he has harsh words for the campaign.”
I don’t if in the six months between he changed his mind or only recently when Israel killed some white people. He might. I hope so. But for Israel to first attract some mild criticism only shortly after the murder on people of a worthy race is about as disgustingly cynical a premiere as it is possible to be.
Honor the father of the son, in Peace on Earth, eternally.
Father of American Aid Worker Killed By Israeli Drone in Gaza Tells Blinken US Should Cut Aid to Israel
OMG you couldn’t make this sh*t up. no, you could not make that sh*t up. no.
I’m sure his father is comforted by “dismissals, reprimands”and the blatantly false excuse of “mistake”. That’ll bring his son back and provide a dad for the cute little baby. (And all the cute Palestinian babies and their mothers and fathers).
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Dismissal means transfer to another department of the IDF. Reprimand means stern words, followed by “mazel tov”.
Blinkey, with furrowed brow, while winking at Bibi and Gallant, will look oh so concerned. Then lie his *ss off.
US, Israel and western Europe are all in a war against humanity.
Waste. Of. Time.