MSNBC Discovers Starvation Isn't 'Negotiable'
The article frames starvation as a unique 'Trump problem,' conveniently side-stepping the fact that starvation has been a documented weapon of war in Gaza for months under the current administration's watch. When one side controls all borders, water, food, and medicine, and then restricts access, that's not a negotiation tactic; it's a war crime, per Article 8 of the International Criminal Court's
Rome Statute. One might recall Netanyahu's 2014 operation in Gaza where the UN warned of a 'severe humanitarian crisis,' a pattern that apparently doesn't register at MSNBC. The media cycle's selective amnesia regarding who controls the taps and the gates is quite astounding. It allows them to pin the barbarity on a convenient boogeyman, rather than facing the uncomfortable truth that blocking aid
to 2.3 million people, half of whom are children, has been a feature, not a bug, of this conflict long before Trump's ill-conceived plan. How many 'historic levels' of suffering does it take before the 'negotiation' includes basic human decency from all involved parties, not just the ones convenient for a headline?