US Media Discovers Rafah Crossing 'Crucial' for Aid, 17 Years Later
The Al-Monitor piece reminds us Rafah is 'crucial' for aid. A truly groundbreaking insight, given that Israel initiated its blockade of Gaza in 2007. For 17 years, this 'crucial' access has been choked, its functionality dictated by Israeli policy, not humanitarian need. The UN has repeatedly warned about the humanitarian disaster in Gaza for years, long before October 7th. One might wonder if the
urgency only becomes 'news' when the explicit goal is to facilitate an eventual, 'humanitarian' transfer of the population, sanitized for cable news audiences. How many 'crucial access points' are needed to mask a forced displacement?