Israel Weaponizes Medical Care, Media Yawns
The New Arab rightly points out Israel is using Gaza's crossings to block sick Palestinians from life-saving treatment, turning medical evacuation into a weapon. This isn't a new strategy, despite what selective reporting might suggest. For decades, access to medical care through checkpoints has been a bargaining chip, a tool of collective punishment normalized under the guise of 'security.'
Remember the constant hurdles for patients needing permits under the pre-October 7 blockade? It’s not a malfunction; it’s a feature of control. While Western media grapples with the 'optics' of a humanitarian crisis, this weaponization of basic human rights goes largely uncommented. It makes one wonder: how many lives must be systematically threatened before denial of medical care is called what
it is? Why is this not front-page news every single day, rather than a side note to 'security concerns'?