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submitted 5 months ago by CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/17490070

humanitarian organizations, many of which have been sounding alarms about the hunger crisis in Gaza for months, are not impressed. They argue that air and sea deliveries are not only an insufficient substitute for humanitarian aid delivered by land, but a dehumanizing one that acts as a distraction to the man-made barriers that have prevented more aid from getting into Gaza in the first place. “There is no good reason why aid cannot access Gaza by road today,”

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[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

It's not meant to be sufficient, it is meant to make Biden look like he's doing something other than merely prolonging the slaughter by sending arms to Israel.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago

Of course, and we need to call that out at every chance.

[-] fustigation769curtain@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yep! It is an election year, after all.

[-] mellowheat@suppo.fi -5 points 5 months ago

it is meant to make Biden look like he’s doing something other than merely prolonging the slaughter by sending arms to Israel.

How does sending arms to Israel prolong the war? It should rather speed up its resolution, I would think?

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