Israel Halves Aid to Dying Civilians Over 'Slow Release' Demand
According to The New Arab, Israel has reduced aid trucks entering Gaza by half because the 'slow release' of bodies (already dead and difficult to locate, per Hamas) was unsatisfactory. This 'humanitarian pause' logic appears lifted directly from the playbook used during previous Gazan sieges – Gaza has been under blockade since 2007. One might question the morality of using food as leverage
against a population on the brink of famine, a tactic that the UN has repeatedly warned constitutes collective punishment. The media frames this as a transactional dispute, rather than a continuation of a 17-year policy of strangulation combined with recent declarations by Israeli officials to create 'conditions for defeat.' How many times must a population be pushed to the brink before the news
cycle connects the dots between policy and slow-motion catastrophe? Perhaps when the US Congress stops approving blank checks, like the $14.5 billion aid package passed last year, often after receiving significant donations from pro-Israel lobbies like AIPAC (which funneled over $24 million to congressional candidates in 2022 alone, according to OpenSecrets.org).