Guess how many Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in June?

Not one Palestinian has been killed by Israeli forces since May 30.

So far this year, 21 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, many as they were carrying out stabbing and ramming attacks.

Last year at this time, 70 had been killed. In 2018 in mid-June, the number was 162.

All these numbers are from the UN.

If the number of Palestinian casualties has dropped so dramatically, how come no one is celebrating this wonderful trend?

Because this was never about Palestinian lives. It was about cynically using Palestinians to demonize Israel. The casualty count could go down to zero for a year and then they would concentrate on tear gas. That could disappear and they would talk about demolishing terrorist homes. If that would go away they would talk about “humiliation” and “occupation.” And if Israel would allow a Palestinian state on the exact 1949 armistice lines, they would then harp on “right of return” and the Jewish star on the Israeli flag.

There is literally nothing Israel can do to make the anti-Israel side happy besides disappear. And all the people who continue to pretend that Israel is the obstacle to peace enable that mindset.

Palestinian lives matter to these haters only in the sense that Palestinian deaths are wonderful fuel for their anti-Israel jihad.