LIT Posted September 24 Posted September 24 "Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them." Quote The U.S. government's two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into Gaza. The U.S. Agency for International Development delivered its assessment to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department's refugees bureau made its stance known to top diplomats in late April. Their conclusion was explosive because U.S. law requires the government to cut off weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of U.S.-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been largely dependent on American bombs and other weapons in Gaza since Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks. But Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden did not accept either finding. Days later, on May 10, Blinken delivered a carefully worded statement to Congress that said, "We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance." Prior to his report, USAID had sent Blinken a detailed 17-page memo on Israel's conduct. The memo described instances of Israeli interference with aid efforts, including killing aid workers, razing agricultural structures, bombing ambulances and hospitals, sitting on supply depots and routinely turning away trucks full of food and medicine. Lifesaving food was stockpiled less than 30 miles across the border in an Israeli port, including enough flour to feed about 1.5 million Palestinians for five months, according to the memo. But in February the Israeli government had prohibited the transfer of flour, saying its recipient was the United Nations' Palestinian branch that had been accused of having ties with Hamas. Separately, the head of the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration had also determined that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid and that the Foreign Assistance Act should be triggered to freeze almost $830 million in taxpayer dollars earmarked for weapons and bombs to Israel, according to emails obtained by ProPublica. The U.N. has declared a famine in parts of Gaza. The world's leading independent panel of aid experts found that nearly half of the Palestinians in the enclave are struggling with hunger. Many go days without eating. Local authorities say dozens of children have starved to death — likely a significant undercount. Health care workers are battling a lack of immunizations compounded by a sanitation crisis. Last month, a little boy became Gaza's first confirmed case of polio in 25 years. The USAID officials wrote that because of Israel's behavior, the U.S. should pause additional arms sales to the country. ProPublica obtained a copy of the agency's April memo along with the list of evidence that the officials cited to back up their findings. USAID, which is led by longtime diplomat Samantha Power, said the looming famine in Gaza was the result of Israel's "arbitrary denial, restriction, and impediments of U.S. humanitarian assistance," according to the memo. Full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken 2 2
LIT Posted September 24 Author Posted September 24 The Gaza genocide is American-made. Biden, Harris, and Blinken are directly responsible for the deliberate starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, and broke both domestic and international law to continue the flow of arms to Israel. They should be imprisoned. 12
Popular Post Virgos Groove Posted September 24 Popular Post Posted September 24 (edited) If Trump lied to Congress about humanitarian aid being blocked by a foreign power he's arming, Democrats would (rightly) call it a major scandal. MSNBC and CNN wouldn't shut up about it. But since it's Supreme Commander Biden, Dems, even progressive ones, won't do anything... Edited September 24 by Virgos Groove 16
State of Grace. Posted September 24 Posted September 24 (edited) *pretends to be shocked* I wonder how the Dems will defend this Biden and everyone in his administration will go down in history as the #1 genocide enablers. And Kamala will only continue doing that. Edited September 24 by State of Grace. 1
Onyxmage Posted September 24 Posted September 24 19 minutes ago, LIT said: The Gaza genocide is American-made. Biden, Harris, and Blinken are directly responsible for the deliberate starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, and broke both domestic and international law to continue the flow of arms to Israel. They should be imprisoned. Harris had nothing to do with this. She was not directly involved with any negotiations. 6
Taylena Posted September 24 Posted September 24 2 minutes ago, Onyxmage said: Harris had nothing to do with this. She was not directly involved with any negotiations. She's even worse than Biden and these next 4 years with her as POTUS will show it. 2
Onyxmage Posted September 24 Posted September 24 1 minute ago, Taylena said: She's even worse than Biden and these next 4 years with her as POTUS will show it. What a predictable response.
heckinglovato Posted September 24 Posted September 24 18 minutes ago, Onyxmage said: Harris had nothing to do with this. She was not directly involved with any negotiations. When it's a success, it's the "Biden/Harris administration" that passed the infrastructure bill for example, but when it's a failure it's "poor Momala has NOTHING to do with the White House what even is the correlation between a President and a Vice President??????" 3
DAP Posted September 24 Posted September 24 It's a good thing Kamala isn't committed to building "the most lethal fighting force in the world" that would make provocations of war like this worse. 1 2
West Coast Posted September 24 Posted September 24 This makes me sick. My heart is breaking for the innocent civilians over there
ClashAndBurn Posted September 24 Posted September 24 1 hour ago, Virgos Groove said: If Trump lied to Congress about humanitarian aid being blocked by a foreign power he's arming, Democrats would (rightly) call it a major scandal. MSNBC and CNN wouldn't shut up about it. But since it's Supreme Commander Biden, Dems, even progressive ones, won't do anything... If Trump were doing this for anyone other than Israel, sure. But Israel is always immune from media scrutiny, no matter who is in charge. I don't think there'd be any outrage over this either way. Because "Israel is a shining beacon of democracy" and "all the Arab heathens must be cleansed for God's chosen people to prosper." 2
Mean Trees Posted September 24 Posted September 24 The magic of liberal democracy is that one set of elites can blame another set of elites when nothing in the public interest is done. 1
Ashley Banks Posted September 25 Posted September 25 9 hours ago, State of Grace. said: *pretends to be shocked* I wonder how the Dems will defend this Biden and everyone in his administration will go down in history as the #1 genocide enablers. And Kamala will only continue doing that. They probably won't have to. The media will sweep it under the rug for them.
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