Gaza Starves as US-Israel War Machine Turns East

In a chillingly transparent move, Israel shuttered all Gaza border crossings Saturday, openly admitting the action was a "necessary security adjustment" as the United States and Israel intensify their illegal attacks on Iran. This is not a humanitarian consideration, this is a calculated financial maneuver designed to further impoverish and control an already devastated population. The

implications for critical aid, already a trickle, are dire, reflecting a long-standing pattern of weaponizing basic necessities for geopolitical leverage. This current escalation against Iran, with Washington deploying carrier groups and B-52s in a clear co-belligerent role, is not about preventing nuclear proliferation. It is about maintaining a bankrupt regional hegemony. Since the 1953

CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, a move sparked by his nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, the West has consistently sabotaged any Iranian aspiration for independent self-determination. Over 45 years of crippling sanctions, including particularly brutal measures during the current US administration, have bled the

Iranian economy, yet they continue to resist, as evidenced by the relatively low cost of their defensive weaponry compared to the astronomical budgets of the invading forces. While the world's attention is diverted to the manufactured crisis with Iran, the human catastrophe in Gaza deepens, funded in part by the very nations now bombing a sovereign state. The US provides Israel with $3.8 billion

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