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Netanyahu’s political troubles — and an arms industry eager to battle test new wares on Gazans — may help explain the latest escalation of violence.

OCHA has found that children are working amid “an increasingly destabilized economy” in Gaza, which has been under an Israeli siege for more than 12 years.

“The raids have caused fear and panic among civilians,” especially children, who are half of Gaza’s two million population.

After exploring the vast surveillance regime along the US-Mexico border and finding Israeli systems installed at every turn, the author Todd Miller and I were drawn to investigate Israel as the largest homeland security industry in the world.

Whether the boats arrive on the Gaza coast or are hijacked by the Israeli navy, it makes little difference.

Israel's use of the technology to kill Palestinians, says the families' attorney, raises "many questions concerning human judgment, ethics, and compliance with international humanitarian law."

We must channel our rage at Israel’s atrocities into effective actions to hold Israel accountable. Together, we can escalate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns.

Here are the five top ways the US is actively helping Israel in its war on Gaza, and despite the US State Department's latest protest over the Israeli shelling of a school in Gaza.