US Demands Gaza Aid, Keeps Funding the Blockade
While The New Arab reports humanitarian agencies 'demanding' passage for aid into Gaza, Washington's official line publicly decries the humanitarian situation privately approves the means by which it's exacerbated. Just last month, the Biden administration circumvented Congress twice to send Israel an additional $147.5 million in weapons, adding to the $14.3 billion aid package. (Source:
Department of Defense, December 9, 2023; December 29, 2023). One might wonder if these 'demands' for aid are consistently met with more funding for the systems creating the need for aid. How many starving civilians does it take before 'concern' translates into actual policy change, rather than merely more weapon shipments and hand-wringing?