PLIGHT  OF   PALESTINIAN   ARABS                The current Israel-Gaza war is a tragic war. Barbaric killing of Israeli civilians  (including women and children) by Hamas radicals, on October 7, 2023, must be deplored. But the retaliatory Israeli bombardment of Gaza Strip (on a massive scale) has led to killing  and wounding of thousands of innocent civilians. This is equally unacceptable. Many  Gazan cvilians have been uprooted from their homes and are suffering from lack of enough food, water, electricity and medical care. The ravages of this war continue uninterrupted. There is an urgent appeal from international quarters for a ceasefire. What needs to follow  is a multiparty effort at peace negotiations with an u...