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sqgl@beehaw.org 3 weeks agoUNWRA was compromised so the imperial party angle has been abandoned.
It requires military to keep Hamas from stealing the aid. It is not realistic to expect an outside neutral military to take on this task. UN could not keep Hezbollah in check in Lebanon.
It seems Hamas are annoyed not just that they are being denied supplies for themselves and to sell to civilians but also because they need civilians to be starving to win the PR battle. Full stomachs will divert attention from the war so should we starve the people? Which is it? Allowing Hamas to hijack it isn’t going to happen so forget what the UN says (which is very vague).
Regardless of what we argue here, the distribution will continue. It is just two days into it so let’s see if it going well. Of course for some ProPals it will not go well unless Jews vacate the Levant (an unrealistic fantasy regardless of whether one believes they should be there or not).
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
Your points read like propaganda, they’re not a reflection of reality. I suggest you read the link above.
Doesn’t matter that you think they’re some cartoonish bad guy. Its not a spy agency, its an aid agency and it needs to work with Palestinian people in the country.
By Israel’s conveniently umbrella-like ‘assessments’ of these compromised ‘agents’ half the US military would be classified Taliban because they farted in Kabul. They’re people working in the place they’re in, with the people they’re with.
People don’t get to both sides starvation or colllective punishment, or the myriad other crimes. Israel is starving the population of Gaza, simple. When/if we see Hamas doing it, you’ll see my attitudes towards starvation of populations, and other crimes unchanged.
As i’ve said above, it doesn’t matter Hamas’ crimes, it doesn’t mean Israel gets a free pass on their crimes, and withholding food aid, or using it as a method of coercion absolutely are ongoing crimes.
I’ve never seen any verified and independent evidence of this iron grip Hamas apparently has over this bombed out tent city. Read the linked article, who would have thought scarcity created by Israel has had spiralling and detrimental effects on the social cohesion of ~2 million men, women and children.
Unfortunately Israel attempts to block the worlds view of what is happening in Gaza, so their claims must be read down as suspicuous at best, but more likely lies, until one day their actions match their words.
Four rationing points, and this is for a free people of millions?
Aid distributed and closely guarded by their oppressors. Freely given, no coercion, you think?
Think about those questions as you watch this murderous State squeeze this population, and extinguish these people’s lives.