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
Dude literally attempted to start a war with Iran. And the only reason he didn’t use the military against protestors is because the military refused the order. So instead he created a special unit in the Department of Justice made up of volunteers. They covered themselves by saying they were defending federal property but instead they were filmed abducting people in the vicinity of protests and damaging cars they believe belonged to protestors. They routinely fired “less than lethal” projectiles into crowds that were just standing around. Often they aimed to maim people with those projectiles, instead of aiming them low as intended.
Trump also fomented our first armed insurrection in 160 years. And then he tried to stop the military from responding to it.
He clearly wanted to do all the stupid stuff. He just sucked at it and had a lot of patriots doing every thing they could to slow him down or stop him. Round 2 would be very different. For example the hold on military promotions Tuberville was running? That fits perfectly with the playbook for subverting the military. You make the job bad enough that competent people leave and your buddies stay because they understand the mission. Repeat that cycle a few times and you can begin a silent purge of NCOs and lower officers that aren’t seen as loyal to the cause.
If someone failed to coup your government you don’t give them a second chance.
And they say the “right” is into conspiracy theories. “He’s a fucking moron, but look at all this shit that mastermind nearly pulled off”
Obviously he didn’t nearly pull it off. He did very much attempt to pull it off and now it’s a group project.