Israel 'Plans' Humanitarian Aid After Six Months of Starvation
France 24 breathlessly reports on Israel's 'plan' to open the Rafah crossing for 'humanitarian aid.' This comes after the IDF's six-month-long, internationally condemned siege and starvation tactics against Gaza's 2.3 million residents. Netanyahu's government, which has meticulously controlled all entry points into Gaza since 2007 (effectively an open-air prison), now seeks applause for *planning*
to offer limited relief after devastating infrastructure and displacing 80% of the population. This isn't a gesture of goodwill; it's a PR management strategy for a humanitarian crisis of their own creation. Remember 2014, when similar 'humanitarian pauses' were announced amidst Operation Protective Edge, only to be followed by renewed assaults? (Source: Amnesty International, 'Israel/Gaza:
Operation Protective Edge: 50 Days of Death and Destruction', 2014). This isn't aid; it's a drip feed after a faucet was welded shut, designed to placate international outcry while continuing a brutal siege. The media applauds the promise, not the delivery, conveniently forgetting who controls the valve.