How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza famine
Posted by failed_evolution
How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza famine
Posted by failed_evolution
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Since the onset of its [genocide](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/), Israel has persistently pushed a narrative that the famine devastating Gaza is not of its own making, but the result of “Hamas looting aid”.
This claim, repeated across mainstream media and parroted by officials, has been used to deflect responsibility for what many [human rights experts](https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza) have called a [deliberate starvation](https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence/news/eus-borrell-says-hunger-being-used-as-war-arm-in-gaza/) campaign.
Even after Israel [fully banned the entry of food, water, fuel, and medicine](https://www.newarab.com/analysis/israel-starved-gaza-new-blockade-ruthlessly-total) on March 2, [Tel Aviv continued](https://x.com/Israel/status/1897005356443951301) to maintain that Hamas looting, not Israeli policy, was to blame for the humanitarian catastrophe.
I fully expect to get banned or 50k down votes for pointing this out, but your propaganda is just too obnoxious to ignore today.
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-halts-aid-shipments-through-gazas-main-crossing-blames-looting-crisis-on-israel](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-halts-aid-shipments-through-gazas-main-crossing-blames-looting-crisis-on-israel)
[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qevdpzvqo](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qevdpzvqo)
[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22ymmp46ro](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22ymmp46ro)
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/aid-officials-recount-violent-looting-in-gaza-as-criminal-gangs-thrive-amid-israeli-bombardment](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/aid-officials-recount-violent-looting-in-gaza-as-criminal-gangs-thrive-amid-israeli-bombardment)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20241204082633/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/18/gaza-looting-aid-convoys-israel-famine/](https://web.archive.org/web/20241204082633/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/18/gaza-looting-aid-convoys-israel-famine/)
[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/how-was-a-major-un-aid-convoy-robbed-near-israeli-military-positions](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/how-was-a-major-un-aid-convoy-robbed-near-israeli-military-positions)