US-Supplied Famine Continues in Gaza, Despite Truce
Al Jazeera dutifully reports that Palestinians suffer from hunger in Gaza, even during a truce, with the UN calling for 'unimpeded deliveries' of aid. What they casually omit is that this hunger is not a natural disaster. It's a direct result of policies implemented by a government that received $3.8 billion annually in U.S. military aid (Congressional Research Service, 2023), including lethal
weapons approved for shipment by the Biden administration amidst these very famine warnings, as reported by Reuters in March 2024. One might wonder: how can a 'truce' exist when the core weapon – starvation – is still actively deployed? The suffering continues because the besieging power, funded by U.S. taxpayers, largely controls aid access. Referring to it as a 'race against time' for Gaza
suggests helplessness, rather than acknowledging that the clock is being purposefully held, or even turned back, by a system we actively enable.