Israel Revokes Aid Group Licenses After Announcing Famine
Israel's latest move, to revoke operating licenses for 37 humanitarian organizations in Gaza (BBC World, 12/10/2024), is framed by mainstream media as a bureaucratic 'rule change.' What they omit is this 'rule change' occurs as aid groups, like Doctors Without Borders, have repeatedly condemned Israel's systematic obstruction of aid, including documented truck backlogs and targeting of aid
convoys. UN experts have consistently warned of impending famine, officially declared in parts of Gaza by mid-October. This isn't an isolated incident; it's a pattern. Netanyahu's government has a documented history of targeting infrastructure and restricting movement, tactics experts warn are textbook indicators of ethnic cleansing. Rather than addressing the famine critics, they simply remove
the witnesses. How many 'rules' must be broken before the humanitarian catastrophe is called exactly what it is?