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Israel forces aid organizations to purchase food from Egypt and prevents them from buying it in Israel, which would allow for a more efficient and rapid transfer of goods. Israel also prohibits the private sector in Gaza from purchasing food, which could significantly increase supply. Although Israel recently allowed trucks in through Kerem Shalom Crossing, too, which is designed for commercial transports, this was merely a token addition that has failed to alleviate the hardship.

Aid organizations are struggling to operate under current conditions, and most of the limited aid allowed in remains in Rafah instead of reaching residents throughout the Strip. Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, listed several reasons why aid cannot be efficiently distributed. Among other things, he noted that trucks are inspected several times before Israel allows them into Gaza, and even then, long lines form due to the conditions at Rafah Crossing. The little food that does get in is very difficult to distribute due to the constant bombings, destroyed roads, frequent communication blackouts, and shelters overflowing with of hundreds of thousands of IDPs crowding into smaller and smaller areas.

Israel can, if it so chooses, change this reality. The images of children begging for food, people waiting in long lines for paltry handouts and hungry residents charging at aid trucks are already inconceivable. The horror is growing by the minute, and the danger of famine is real. Still, Israel persists in its policy.

Changing this policy is not just a moral obligation. Allowing food into the Gaza Strip is not an act of kindness but a positive obligation under international humanitarian law: starvation as a method of warfare is prohibited

  • AllahEnglish
    -34•11 months ago

    Have been kept in an open air prison their entire lives

    that’s because they kept launching suicide bombings when walls were not there

    Are told their lives are lesser than Israelis

    false , israeli constitution treats them equally, unlike sharia

    Respond with anger and violence towards oppressors who have been killing them, committing war crimes against them, and saying they do not deserve to exist

    surely that will improve their situation

    Beg the west for help as they’re being genocided out of existence by the Israeli government who is repeatedly bombing children to death.

    there are no prisoners in genocide

    Openly and repeatedly surrender but are executed

    stop consuming islamist propaganda

    • @ABCDEEnglish
      22•11 months ago

      You’re fucking dumb.

    • StametsEnglish
      19•11 months ago

      that’s because they kept launching suicide bombings when walls were not there

      And you’ve proven yourself to a bigot with your first point. You just put all Palestinians under one banner and insinuated that the entire group was bombing Israel. Complete lie. Nonetheless, rounding up an entire group of people and punishing them for the actions of a group within them is a literal war crime. It’s called Collective Punishment. You are wrong.

      false , israeli constitution treats them equally, unlike sharia

      Right. That’s why they’re forced into an open air prison, denied food, bombed repeatedly, denied rights and having their land taken away from them. Because they have to be treated equally. You are wrong.

      surely that will improve their situation

      Irrelevant. They have literally no recourse as everything else, including their basic freedom, has been taken away from them. You don’t get to oppress people for decades and then be upset when they strike back at you for treating them like lesser humans. Sorry. You’re wrong.

      there are no prisoners in genocide

      Definition: (noun) the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.

      Note that the definition does not say kill everyone in that group of people or preclude prisoners. You are wrong.

      A single picture of prisoners posted as if that somehow means that because some prisoners were taken that no one could have possibly been killed. I mean nevermind the fact that the prisoners are effectively naked and left sitting in the street in a stress position. And the fact that chances are those prisoners are just civilians.

      “Israelis Question Army’s Rules of Engagement After Hostages Slain” Source

      “Israeli forces 'kill pregnant women in Gaza, run over bodies with bulldozers” Source

      “UN calls for probe as Israeli army accused of killing 11 unarmed Palestinians” Source

      And in continuing with tradition, you are wrong.

      stop consuming islamist propaganda

      Stop being an Israeli propagandist who is openly supporting the execution of children, hostages and unarmed civilians.

      You are not valid enough as a human being for me to continue talking to you. You wanna deny someone else being a human? Get treated the same way.

      I’d say goodbye but that is far more respect than you deserve.