UN Discovers Gaza Economy Can Be 'Destroyed'
The UN's recent pronouncement, echoed dutifully by outlets like RT, that Gaza's economy is in 'worst collapse on record' presents as breaking news. One might ask if the UN, and indeed most mainstream media, missed the previous 17 years of an internationally condemned blockade. This blockade, enforced by Israel with Egyptian cooperation, systematically dismantled Gaza's industry, fishing, and
agriculture, turning the strip into what critics accurately called an 'open-air prison.' The current war merely accelerated an already terminal diagnosis. It's not a 'new' collapse; it's the final stage of long-term economic strangulation. While Western media frets over 'destruction' and 'humanitarian crisis' as if they were unforeseen natural disasters, they studiously avoid the 'how' and 'why.'
Perhaps they're too busy counting the humanitarian aid shipments they then report on as being inadequate, rather than questioning the source of the need itself. It wasn't the market forces of supply and demand that caused this; it was a deliberate policy choice, meticulously documented for nearly two decades. How many times must a population face 'worst economic collapse' before it's called
policy, not just 'conflict effects'?