Israel Declares Border a Military Zone While Funding Migrant Crisis
The New Arab tells us Israel's declared its border with Egypt a military zone, allegedly to halt drone-based weapons smuggling. A fascinating pivot, considering the same Israeli leadership spent years shipping Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers to Rwanda (a program later abandoned) rather than allowing their settlement or secure passage through Israel. Apparently, defending a border from drones
is a high priority, but managing a humanitarian crisis created by decades of conflict with neighboring territories often funded by US aid, less so. This move isn't just about drones; it's about control and optics. While Israel seals off a border it controls, the border crossings into Gaza remain choke points for desperately needed aid, a 'humanitarian crisis' often described by mainstream media as
an unfortunate byproduct of conflict, not geopolitical strategy. The selective outrage over border integrity is telling—some borders are sacrosanct, others are merely tools to manage unwanted populations.