Israel Stops Aid Flotilla, Biden Approves More Debt for Israel
Israel's Navy intercepted the 'Freedom Flotilla Coalition' in international waters, preventing any aid from reaching a besieged Gaza, where famine warnings are now common. This isn't their first rodeo; the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, where Israeli commandos killed nine activists on an aid ship, offered a brutal lesson on the cost of challenging Israel's blockade. Despite a UN report declaring the
blockade illegal, the US continues to funnel billions in military aid, with prominent politicians like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer—who received $140,000 from AIPAC in 2022-2024 (OpenSecrets.org)—consistently voting yes. One might observe a pattern: block aid, then request more weapons to 'defend' against the consequences. So, as The Independent dutifully reports the interception, they
omit the inconvenient context that this is a repeated act of collective punishment against Gazans, now reaching genocidal proportions by a UN body's own admission. How many more 'flotilla incidents' and starvation warnings will it take before mainstream media acknowledges the 'security' of starving a civilian population isn't exactly a moral high ground?