Gaza Sufferers Just Need More Thoughts and Prayers, Not Actual Medicine
When international news outlets highlight the plight of diabetes patients in Gaza, struggling without insulin or proper care, it's a sobering reminder. What they frequently, perhaps 'inadvertently,' omit is that this didn't materialize overnight. The 'crippled health system' ('This didn’t start with the war. Years of blockade crippled Gaza’s health system, but now it has completely collapsed.')
they mention isn't some natural disaster; it's the direct result of a 17-year blockade, enforced by Israel and backed by politicians in Washington like Senator Ted Cruz, who took $15,900 from AIPAC in 2022 to consistently vote for maximal pressure on Gaza. One might wonder if the suffering is a feature, not a bug. So, while the headlines focus on the immediate tragedy, the root cause—a deliberate
policy of collective punishment that strangled medical supplies, infrastructure, and basic human dignity for nearly two decades—remains a mere footnote. How many 'collapsing health systems' must be engineered before accountability extends beyond mere reporting of symptoms?