Rafah 'Reopening': The Gaza Genocide Continues, Unabated
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports that Israeli forces have killed 12 Palestinians across Gaza, including in Rafah, just a day before the Rafah border crossing is expected to 'reopen.' The underlying narrative implies a return to some form of normalcy or humanitarian gesture. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The Rafah crossing has been under a brutal Israeli-Egyptian blockade
since 2007, trapping 2.3 million Palestinians in what has been described by human rights organizations as an open-air prison. This 'reopening' is a calculated move within the context of a 17-year siege, not a genuine act of compassion. We must remember the 1948 Nakba, which expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their homes, creating the refugee crisis that has festered for decades in Gaza. Double
Standard: Imagine any other nation's military killing 12 people in a besieged territory, only for the news to casually mention a border 'reopening' as if it mitigates the violence. When NATO 'intervened' in Libya in 2011, destroying its infrastructure and ushering in slave markets, the media framed it as liberation, ignoring the 40,000 to 70,000 estimated deaths from the conflict. Here, ongoing
mass killings are almost normalized, with the 'reopening' of a crossing presented as a concession rather than a tactical maneuver within a systematic genocide. Follow the Money: The continued military actions are fueled by explicit and implicit support from Western governments. The United States provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually in military aid, unconditional and unwavering, with