WFP Laments Starvation While US Funnels Billions to Its Perpetrators
The New Arab cites the WFP's assessment that aid to Gaza remains woefully inadequate, despite calls for increased access. What they omit is the continuous flow of US taxpayer dollars— billions in military aid—directly enabling the very blockade and bombing hindering that aid distribution. This isn't a supply chain issue; it's a policy choice supported by politicians like Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH),
who received $23,000 from AIPAC in 2022 and consistently votes to facilitate unchecked military aid to Israel, as per OpenSecrets.org. One might wonder at the theatrical hand-wringing over starvation when the hand holding the purse strings simultaneously fuels the famine. How many 'urgent pleas' must the WFP issue before the global community acknowledges its complicity, rather than just its
concern?