UN Discovers Gaza Civilians Need Food, After Months of Deliberate Starvation
The UN's World Food Programme announces Gaza's food supply is 'improving' since the truce, despite 'a long way to go.' One might wonder why there's a long way to go at all, or why 30,000+ people had to die before 'improvement' became a topic. This celebratory tone conveniently omits the fact that deliberate starvation was the mechanism of ethnic cleansing, as documented by Human Rights Watch and
countless UN agencies. US President Biden, who could have ended this blockade with a single phone call, instead approved continued military aid to Netanyahu's government, even while rhetorically 'urging' more aid access. ({$SOURCE_OF_BIDEN_AID_APPROVAL_AND_URGENCY_QUOTE}) When aid agencies cheer incremental 'improvements' in a crisis they previously described as 'catastrophic' and 'man-made
famine,' it's less a sign of progress and more a whitewash of a policy designed to inflict maximum suffering. It seems some media outlets find it easier to praise the crumbs than to condemn the bakers who withheld the bread. How many 'improvements' does it take before we acknowledge the initial, deliberate starvation tactics?