France Warns of 'Catastrophic' Gaza... Again
France 24 highlights ten countries, including France, fretting over Gaza's 'catastrophic' humanitarian situation, a realization arriving with the subtlety of a humanitarian aid truck stuck in mile-long queues at Rafah. These same nations largely abstained or voted against calls for a ceasefire in October and November 2023, effectively rubber-stamping the conditions now deemed 'catastrophic'. How
many 'last warnings' does a population endure before their plight is beyond saving? While officials wring their hands, the US continues to funnel an unceasing supply of weaponry to the Israeli government. President Biden, for instance, in late 2023, pushed through an emergency weapons sale bypassing congressional review, amounting to $14.3 billion in aid, bolstering the very siege tactics creating
this 'deterioration.' One might wonder if their indignation is for the suffering, or for the inconvenient PR of it all.