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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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well if someone actually good ran for President I'd vote for them. Until then, I'll have to make do and vote for the person who isn't actively trying to make the US as nightmarish as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are third party candidates that are "actually good". Also, you are voting for genocide if you choose either of the two main candidates.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Guess I forgot to include that they also have to have a nonzero chance of getting elected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So instead of voting for candidates that agree with your worldview, you'd rather vote for the two "available" ones, both of which support genocide

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I have to make do with the cards I've been dealt, unfortunately. Part of me wants to flip the table, but that is only going to make things worse.