What does 'ceasing responsibility for life' mean?

America did help Afghanistan though. For twenty years the US rebuilt Afghanistan, spending billions on infrastructure, education, health, women’s rights, industry and so on. It eventually got unaffordable and when they left, the Taliban took over.

No they did not.

For anyone concerned about civilians in Gaza, there are several petitions on Petitions-UK Gov. and Parliament. They are requesting different things, such as urging the allowance of humanitarian aid and calling for a ceasefire, so you can see which ones you agree with. Please do have a look, if you haven't already, as every bit of pressure on our politicians helps to get that aid a bit closer.

Does it also mean the Israeli administration will also stop controlling (preventing) new wells and infrastructure materials imported into Gaza (including what Egypt allows in)?

Can you provide a source for that please?

For whoever it is quoting the 1400 Israeli’s that have been killed, if it’s about an eye for an eye it’s kind of gone beyond that. Its at least 4000 killed in Gaza, goodness knows how many injured, not to mention the women that have miscarried due to shock/fear of the bombing, and the children who will never get over this.

They are openly saying that.

I think it was yesterday Netanyahu was out rallying the troops telling them to kill everyone and make sure no one was left.

You are aware the Israeli population is majority Sephardic/Mizrahi? Hence - in your lovely parlance - "brown people" themselves.

That was my thinking on it too. Basically they will try to get whatever results they are looking for with Hamas and then seal the border. Tbf this may be the best option for both Gaza and Israel in the long run. Not interfering with each other at all. But it absolutely kills the 2 state solution dead. Israel never really wanted to occupy Gaza and they don’t want to now either. I think they want to forget it exists. But the Gazans have to be given territorial waters, no more blockade except the land border with Israel.

Gaza does have a desalination plant (which requires fuel) which the EU helped to build, maybe with some aid a few more can be built after this is over. The rebuild will be insanely expensive and long but I imagine significant funds will be made available by various governments to help make it happen.

Because Britain and Russia are voting against peace and the US vetoing.

It’s obvious how Putin benefits from the distraction of a war elsewhere but how to Britain and the US benefit.?

It’s a weird world when China sounds like the grown up in the room.

It means the Israeli government isn't even bothering to pay lip service to international law any more. Why should they? They've been told that Western support is unconditional, so this is their big chance to clear all those inconvenient brown people out of the way once and for all.

I'd imagine it means that where currently Gaza gets a certain amount of power from Israel this will stop. Where as previously aid, medicine, water food etc was able to cross between Gaza and Israel this will be stopped. If Gaza wants or needs anything they will have to get it via the border with Egypt. Israel will effectively seal its border with Gaza and leave them to it to be self sufficient and govern themselves. Can hardly blame them really

Does that mean you make no distinction between civilians and the terrorist "government" who have denied them elections for 17 years?

No one asked the US to help Al Qaeda but there has been little public support for wars in the middle east in the last 20 years. Prior to invading Afghanistan there was lots of discussion about the impact on a civilian population who were enduring a famine at the time we sent troops in.

Look how well that turned out for Afghanistan. And we still haven't won the war on terror.

That (mostly innocent) people will die but it won't be their problem. There's nasty violent men on both sides of this.

@PurpleChrayne don't Israel pretty much treat Gaza as a prison at the best of times, now they are not going to let them have food, water and electricity

It’s just so complicated and these governments like to complicate things further so the truth never really gets out.

No @PurpleChrayne but America weren't actively bombing and starving 2.5 million people to death in the aftermath of 9/11 were they?

Why would Israel "help" when Hamas have slaughtered and kidnapped 1,400+ people? Did you ask America to "help" Al Qaeda in the aftermath of 9/11?

Israel handed Gaza over to the Palestinians in 2005.

Latest reports say it isn't Egypt blocking aid, they can't get agreement from the Israeli government for more than 20 trucks. An Egyptian minister has said they're angry at the misrepresentation that Egypt are the ones blocking aid.
I don't know exactly who is behind it, but you'd think whoever is blocking it would just agree and put conflict on the back burner for a moment.

It means they are going to indiscriminately kill civilians with the stated aim of 'killing Hamas operatives', who will no doubt either by now have fucked off to some safer area somewhere anyway or are down in the tunnels sheltering-In which case it's unclear to me
Why Israel don't just try and extract them rather than bomb everything and everyone else to the ground. It's not as if Hamas are going to be bravely out in the streets fighting for their citizens. They don't give a fuck do they-being terrorists. They will be as safe as it's possible to be be in Gaza right now.

I thought Egypt was reassessing their stance and allowing access?