Gazans are starving. They are starving because of the actions of the Israel government, undertaken with the critical support of the United States government.
A Wednesday statement signed on to by over 100 aid organizations describes how the Israel government has induced starvation in Gaza, and otherwise destroyed conditions necessary for sustaining life. The Israel government has done so, the statement explains, through actions including the blocking of plentiful available aid from reaching Gazans and instead, through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, providing a far inadequate amount of aid coupled with routinely killing and injuring people who assemble in hope of obtaining some food.
The statement calls for the following action to help bring some relief to Gazans who have been suffering from over a year and half of a US-aided Israel effort to decimate Gaza and bring what remains of its population to a state of ruination:
Exactly two months since the Israeli government-controlled scheme, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began operating, 109 organisations are sounding the alarm, urging governments to act: open all land crossings; restore the full flow of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items, and fuel through a principled, UN-led mechanism; end the siege, and agree to a ceasefire now.
In the first few months of Israel’s military campaign against Gaza, warnings were made that the elimination of conditions necessary for healthy living in Gaza could create an enormous death toll beyond that brought about directly via military action. As these warnings have proven true, the US government has steadfastly continued to pump money into the Israel military, with only a minute portion of US legislators even last week willing to say, “no more.” The US government has also been a backer of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation efforts that have brought about more deaths in Gaza under the pretense of aid provision. The hundred-plus aid organizations’ Wednesday statement provides this advice pertinent to the US: “States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition.”
