ICJ Tells Israel to Allow Aid (Again, and Again, and Again)
The ICJ's advisory opinion, highlighting a 'de facto ban' on UNRWA, comes as a surprise to precisely no one who remembers Netanyahu's government denying aid and blocking convoys, even after previous ICJ provisional measures in January and March 2024. This pattern isn't new. In 2014, similar calls for humanitarian access were met with ongoing bombardments, resulting in thousands of civilian deaths,
as documented by UN reports. One might wonder if these international rulings carry any weight, or if they're simply polite background noise during a famine. The US Congress, meanwhile, just voted to restrict funding to UNRWA, a move championed by senators like Lindsey Graham, who received $25,000 from AIPAC in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org. How many 'urgent warnings' does it take before we
acknowledge collective punishment when we see it?