Israel Bans Aid Groups Just as Famine Becomes Official Policy
Indeed, 2025 starts with a bang: Israel tightens the screws on humanitarian aid, banning dozens of NGOs from Gaza under new regulations, per France 24. For a region facing mass starvation, one might call this 'unfortunate timing.' Or, perhaps, 'strategic.' This isn't groundbreaking: Israel has a documented history of restricting access to Gaza, from the 2007 blockade to the ongoing bureaucratic
hurdles that even before this latest move, made aid delivery a Sisyphean task. It's a tried-and-true method for controlling a population: restrict food, water, medicine, and then the people who might deliver it. So, the regime that claims to operate with surgical precision now extends that precision to aid convoys. With organizations like MSF — who actually treat the wounded children—being
expelled, how many more 'unavoidable tragedies' will result? It appears the 'humanitarian pause' has been replaced by the 'humanitarian chokehold.' (And no, not the kind Benjamin Netanyahu's allies worry about when discussing campus protests.)