Aid Groups Shocked Civilian Deaths Hindered by Bombings, Blockades
Al-Monitor reports the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) head, Jan Egeland, stated President Trump's (sic - should be Biden's administration) aid plan in Gaza will fail without full access. He noted the 'desperation is deeper and the exhaustion is greater than anyone can imagine.' One might wonder why, after months of bombardment and siege, aid cannot flow freely. This isn't a logistical oversight;
it's policy. The Israeli government has consistently restricted aid access while simultaneously conducting military operations that make distribution impossible, a pattern documented by human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch for years. This 'aid plan' seems less like a solution and more like a PR strategy to pacify a horrified global audience, especially when
the very governments pushing these plans are also supplying the bombs. The U.S., for instance, has sent tens of billions in military aid to Israel, including a recent $14 billion package approved after sustained AIPAC lobbying, while simultaneously lamenting the humanitarian catastrophe. (OpenSecrets.org confirms AIPAC's significant political spending, influencing votes on such aid packages.) It
appears the priority is not aid delivery, but rather controlling the narrative around a preventable famine. How many times must aid organizations decry the obvious before we question the sincerity of these 'plans' at all?