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In reply to the discussion: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation begins work amid threats from Hamas [View all]AloeVera
(2,909 posts)22. No. WFP and others were doing it.
They said theft was insignificant, if any. Who else would know better? Looting by armed criminal gangs and starving civilians is a bigger problem that Israel refuses to address.
GHF hasn't delivered anything much yet. When it does, weakened from hunger people will have to walk for miles, pass through military zones and checkpoints with "friendly" IDF soldiers ("mistakes" will be made) and walk back with meager rations for the entire family. Many will not get aid at all. The whole point of "vetting".
This is not humanitarianism. It's an evil scheme with a not-so-hidden agenda.
A few people will get rich(er) and more Palestinian kids will look like skeletons or worse.
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That's a good one. Israel doesnt provide classified military surveillance footage on demand, ergo no stealing!
Beastly Boy
May 27
#27
Desensitization to injustice and horrible deaths of innocents comes from a feeling of powerlessness.
AloeVera
May 27
#45