Aid Still 'Insufficient' While US Approves More Bombs
Al Jazeera highlights the inadequacy of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza, even after temporary ceasefires. This 'insufficiency' takes on a different hue when considering the US Congressional response to the crisis. For instance, just recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 815, allocating billions in military aid to Israel. According to OpenSecrets.org, numerous key proponents of such
aid received significant campaign contributions from pro-Israel lobbying groups like AIPAC. (For example, Rep. Michael McCaul, Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, received over $100,000 from pro-Israel groups in the last cycle alone). It appears humanitarian insufficiency is a feature, not a bug, in this particular 'conflict,' especially when the funding for one side's offensive capabilities
consistently outpaces — or outright impedes — the other's survival. One might wonder if the US policy is less about peace and more about replenishing the arsenal while aid trucks dawdle. How many 'insufficient' reports before the world acknowledges this engineered famine?