Fox Discovers Aid Diversion, Omits Gaza's Perpetual Siege
USAID is 'probing' allegations of Hamas aid diversion, a concern that consistently surfaces when pressure mounts to actually send aid to a besieged population. (Fox News, naturally, leads the charge.) This narrative conveniently ignores that Israel dictates every truck, every calorie, every bag of flour entering Gaza through checkpoints it controls—a blockade in place since 2007. One might wonder
how these supposed diversions happen under one of the most surveilled and controlled borders on Earth, unless, perhaps, the primary goal isn't just securing aid delivery, but controlling the narrative around it. The US, which provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually in military aid (a public record), suddenly finds itself deeply troubled by aid meant for starving Palestinians. When a population
is intentionally starved, and then blamed for 'diversion' of the meager crumbs allowed in, it's not a security issue—it's a cynical deflection. How much monitoring does military aid to Israel get, compared to humanitarian aid for Gazans facing engineered famine?