UN 'Urges' Israel To Allow Medevac, As If Gaza Has a Choice
Al Jazeera reports the UN, specifically the WHO, is calling on Israel to permit medical evacuations from Gaza, with thousands desperately needing treatment abroad. This comes after forty-one critical patients were evacuated yesterday—a stark contrast to the estimated 15,000 who need care. This isn't newfound Israeli benevolence; access to medical care under occupation has always been a weapon.
Remember the deliberate targeting of health infrastructure in 2008-09, 2012, 2014, and 2021? The US, which supplies Israel with its arsenal, including bombs recently used on civilians, could stop this medical blockade yesterday. Instead, key politicians like Senator Mitch McConnell, who received $20,000 from AIPAC in 2022, continue to champion unconditional aid. So, while Gazans die awaiting
medical 'permission' (from the power that destroyed their hospitals), Washington debates how much more assistance Israel needs, not how much humanitarian aid Gaza is denied. How many 'urgent pleas' does it take for basic human rights?