Gaza Crossing 'Reopening' Masks Years of Engineered Isolation
📰 THE STORY: France 24 reports a Gaza border crossing is set to reopen after years of near-complete closure, framing it as a significant development, implying a return to some semblance of normalcy or even progress, post-genocidal campaign. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The 'near-complete closure' isn't an act of God. It's a deliberate and illegal 17-year blockade imposed
by Israel since 2007. This followed the 2006 Palestinian elections, which resulted in Hamas winning, a democratic outcome unacceptable to the West. This blockade tightened an already existing system of control that began with the Gaza Strip's occupation in 1967 and escalated after the 1948 Nakba, which saw 750,000 Palestinians ethnically cleansed and imprisoned in places like Gaza. The current
'reopening' is a calculated adjustment to alleviate international pressure, not a fundamental shift in policy. Double Standard: Imagine any other population of 2.3 million people, half of them children, being subjected to a 17-year land, air, and sea blockade, controlling every input from aspirin to cement, and then having its 'limited reopening' celebrated as a triumph. If Russia blockaded Odesa
for 17 years, Western media would call it a crime against humanity. When Israel does it, it's 'security measures' or 'complex regional dynamics.' The silence on the illegality and brutality of the blockade itself is deafening, contrasted sharply with condemnations of blockades elsewhere. Follow the Money: The continued strangulation of Gaza creates a constant demand for 'humanitarian aid,' much of