US ambassador nominee defends Israel's Gaza actions

Speaking to Reuters in an interview on Friday, Sikorski said: "The hungry in Gaza do not know what Hamas is. That prompted Rose to call the situation "morally unprecedented," and insist that Israel was within legal and moral limits.

Rose Points to Humanitarian Aid and Historical Context
Israel does not violate international law, Rose wrote. Israel is not acting as the tyrants of history, he said, and its military actions fall under the rules governing warfare — even if its opponents do not adhere to them. He insisted that Israel had provided greater humanitarian aid to its enemy than any other combatant in history, casting it as an act of conscience rather than a mandate.

No war in Gaza, Rose added, has anything like such a precedent and the way that Hamas embeds their fighters in civilian areas while relying on Israel for the basic necessities of life. He went on to ask: "Would one expect Ukraine or Poland to provide assistance to their occupying powers in their own country during wartime? That would be preposterous."

Comments of Rose Shock Polish Leaders
A few hours later, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk released a statement on his social media account: "Poland has always been and will continue to be on Israel's side when it comes to fighting terrorism that is often misused for political goals. Here he writes, 'Poland was, is, and will be on Israel's side in the fight against Islamic terrorism, but never with politicians for whom the hunger of mothers and children is a way to achieve their own political goals 2/4.'

Tusk invoked the lessons taught to his generation by World War II, arguing that they should determine how countries respond to atrocities.

The outbreak of the Israel-Gaza conflict took place on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked southern Israel; over a period of five years, around 1,200 people had been killed and a further abducted by this juncture. Israel struck back with a military operation in Gaza. The conflict has killed more than 60,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.