Journalist Jeremy Loffredo goes inside the grassroots Israeli campaign to block desperately needed aid to the besieged Gaza Strip and elicits the shockingly candid views of the Jewish Israeli nationalists manning the barricades.
Setting out on a bus caravan through illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Loffredo arrives at the Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza, filming Israeli citizens as they physically block trucks loaded with flour and other essential goods. There, a reservist who served in the military assault on Gaza confesses to an array of war crimes, including blowing up the offices of UN centers dedicated to providing food to the local population.
Loffredo then joins nationalists on a march toward Gaza, where they hope to establish new settlements after the population is violently driven out.
Short Summary
- Israeli nationalists are blocking humanitarian aid trucks from delivering food to Palestinians in Gaza, believing it all goes to Hamas.
- Israeli military and police support these actions, allowing settlers to block aid crossings and even attempt to breach the Egyptian border without consequences.
- Settlers bring their families, including babies and handicapped individuals, to participate in the blockade.
- They express a lack of trust in Palestinians and a desire for them to leave Gaza.
- Settlers are involved in military operations in Gaza, destroying houses and tunnels.
- Despite their illegal actions, settlers are not arrested or held accountable by the authorities.
- The video discusses a group of Israelis expressing a desire to depopulate Gaza and transform it into a Jewish-exclusive beachfront region.
- They believe Israelis should be able to live in Gaza as part of their sovereign state.
- Plans are mentioned to build settlements and towns in different parts of Gaza, emphasizing the importance of not leaving Gaza without a Jewish presence.
- Israelis attempted to enter Gaza but were stopped by the military, constructing symbolic wooden outposts before being removed for their safety.