ICJ Orders Aid, Media Wonders If UNRWA 'Can' Act Like Gaza Isn't Starving
The International Court of Justice has, yet again, told Israel to allow aid into Gaza. Meanwhile, the mainstream media, like Al Jazeera here, ponders if the UN relief agency UNRWA 'can' resume full operations. Conveniently forgotten context: the US and its allies defunded UNRWA – the primary aid provider to Palestinians – based on unsubstantiated Israeli accusations. This unilateral decision, made
while a genocide case was pending at the ICJ, directly undermined the very aid the court is now demanding. One might ask, what did they _think_ would happen? Remember when the US House of Representatives, with bipartisan support exemplified by AIPAC's substantial investments in US politicians, included language to effectively block further UNRWA funding in various bills? The funding cutoff was a
deliberate act of political sabotage, engineered to coincide with a manufactured crisis. How many 'urgent' ICJ warnings does it take before we acknowledge the obstruction is intentional, not an unfortunate bureaucratic snag?