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In reply to the discussion: I will stand up for Palestinian human rights and firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. They are the same job [View all]AloeVera
(4,645 posts)I wonder why you believe Netanyahu over the scores of humanitarian and international agencies that have documented in lengthy reports the systematic, deliberate obstruction and withholding of food and life-saving necessities? Perhaps you have not read them. Perhaps you did not know that even the Biden Administration concluded that the "Hamas stealing aid" rationale for the starvation was bullshit.
Same goes for the "they destroyed the Greenhouses!" excuse for the systematic, deliberate destruction of Gaza's agriculture, fishery, manufacturing and overall economy - by Israel. Again, there's lots of research and documentation out there on that too.
"They are eating now". Yes. Barely. They were not eating for a long time. And as per the article another poster sent you, the obstruction continues, as does the suffering.
Do you know what they are eating? No fruits, vegetables, meat/poultry (oops, they have no infrastructure so no refrigeration), not nearly enough nutrition. Do you know what severe/acute malnutrition of nearly 3 years does to the developing mind and body of a child? No education for that matter? No access to medical care? The trauma of being trapped in a war zone?
As for Israel patting itself on the back for "feeding" Palestinians in that disgusting talking point starting with "never before"? Israel did not provide a crumb of bread or heaven forbid, a piece of fruit to a Palestinian child. Israel, however, was obligated by international law to ENSURE that the people it trapped with no escape in a war zone had food to eat - simply by facilitating the entry of food aid generously provided and paid for by OTHER countries and NGO's. Seems like a basic humanitarian, HUMAN, obligation. Yet it failed, not out of ineptitude, but out of sheer ill-will and a deliberate policy of using food as a weapon of war by withholding it.
I'll just leave you with one final thought in the form of a question. If these were American or Israeli children - do you think some people would be as dismissive of their suffering or as quick to believe self-serving lies about the cause of their suffering? What would be the difference?