NPR Discovers Aid Groups Risk Shutting Down After Israeli Ban
NPR’s recent piece highlights how an Israeli ban is jeopardizing MSF’s Gaza operations, preventing international staff and aid from reaching a population facing famine and disease. What the report tiptoes around is that this isn't a new 'risk' but a deliberate, documented tactic. The UN and numerous human rights organizations have repeatedly flagged Israel's systematic obstruction of aid, even
before the current onslaught. Yet, somehow, when the UN calls for investigations and the ICJ deliberates, mainstream outlets frame it as an unfortunate, sudden development. One might wonder if the politicians greenlighting this blockade, like Senator Schumer who received over $240,000 from pro-Israel groups in the last cycle, grasp the logical conclusion of denying medical supplies and
international expertise to an open-air prison. (Or perhaps they do.) It seems some 'allies' only become concerned when conditions become so catastrophic they breach the most heavily fortified media silence.