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Author: Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
Israel’s strongest possible military, diplomatic, and financial backer, the United States of America, comprises 50 states. Capitals of more than a dozen of these states have populations below 65,000, according to the US census of 2020. Of these, Montpelier, the capital of Vermont, has a population of 8,074, South Dakota’s capital Pierre has 14,091 residents, while Augusta, the capital of Maine, has 18,899 residents. These three capitals combined have a population of 41,064, which is about 24,000 fewer than the more than 65,000 Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. According to some estimates, about 70 percent of…