Tia Goldenberg
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And what we've seen over the past few months since March 2nd is Israel blocking aid from entering Gaza entirely. That ended about a week ago when Israel decided it would let in a limited amount of aid. And so during these few weeks or nearly three months, actually, no aid was being let into Gaza, no food, no medicine, no fuel whatsoever.
And you had a situation where food experts were warning that nearly one million Palestinians barely had enough access to food. And nearly half a million Palestinians were at the risk of possible starvation.
And you had a situation where food experts were warning that nearly one million Palestinians barely had enough access to food. And nearly half a million Palestinians were at the risk of possible starvation.
And you had a situation where food experts were warning that nearly one million Palestinians barely had enough access to food. And nearly half a million Palestinians were at the risk of possible starvation.
So the situation is incredibly dire, and it remains so, even though Israel has begun letting a limited amount of aid into Gaza.
So the situation is incredibly dire, and it remains so, even though Israel has begun letting a limited amount of aid into Gaza.
So the situation is incredibly dire, and it remains so, even though Israel has begun letting a limited amount of aid into Gaza.
I mean, I can't tell you what the designs of the Israeli government are. Israel is accused of aid groups and world courts of using starvation as a weapon of war. But Israel says that it has legitimate concerns that this aid is being used to fuel Hamas's rule in Gaza. At the end of the day, Palestinians on the ground are the ones that are suffering and suffering dramatically.
I mean, I can't tell you what the designs of the Israeli government are. Israel is accused of aid groups and world courts of using starvation as a weapon of war. But Israel says that it has legitimate concerns that this aid is being used to fuel Hamas's rule in Gaza. At the end of the day, Palestinians on the ground are the ones that are suffering and suffering dramatically.
I mean, I can't tell you what the designs of the Israeli government are. Israel is accused of aid groups and world courts of using starvation as a weapon of war. But Israel says that it has legitimate concerns that this aid is being used to fuel Hamas's rule in Gaza. At the end of the day, Palestinians on the ground are the ones that are suffering and suffering dramatically.
October 7th, 2023, Hamas's attacks were a huge, huge shock for Israelis, and they're still traumatized. This also falls in the context of an ongoing war where there are still 58 hostages, about a third of them believed to be alive, being held in Gaza. And so Israelis believe that soldiers are not just fighting in Gaza, they're fighting to free these hostages.
October 7th, 2023, Hamas's attacks were a huge, huge shock for Israelis, and they're still traumatized. This also falls in the context of an ongoing war where there are still 58 hostages, about a third of them believed to be alive, being held in Gaza. And so Israelis believe that soldiers are not just fighting in Gaza, they're fighting to free these hostages.
October 7th, 2023, Hamas's attacks were a huge, huge shock for Israelis, and they're still traumatized. This also falls in the context of an ongoing war where there are still 58 hostages, about a third of them believed to be alive, being held in Gaza. And so Israelis believe that soldiers are not just fighting in Gaza, they're fighting to free these hostages.
So throughout the war, it's important to note that Israeli media has also limited the type of coverage that it has shown to Israelis.
So throughout the war, it's important to note that Israeli media has also limited the type of coverage that it has shown to Israelis.
So throughout the war, it's important to note that Israeli media has also limited the type of coverage that it has shown to Israelis.
Some of the harshest images that you see in international media just don't find a place in Israeli media. They tend to promote the Israeli narrative that Hamas is solely to blame for what's happening to civilians in Gaza. And so there hasn't been too much of a discussion about the humanitarian crisis. crisis in the public discourse.
Some of the harshest images that you see in international media just don't find a place in Israeli media. They tend to promote the Israeli narrative that Hamas is solely to blame for what's happening to civilians in Gaza. And so there hasn't been too much of a discussion about the humanitarian crisis. crisis in the public discourse.
Some of the harshest images that you see in international media just don't find a place in Israeli media. They tend to promote the Israeli narrative that Hamas is solely to blame for what's happening to civilians in Gaza. And so there hasn't been too much of a discussion about the humanitarian crisis. crisis in the public discourse.
That said, there has been somewhat of a shift in recent days or weeks. We're seeing there's a protest movement, an anti-war protest movement that has a very small but growing contingent of protesters who hold up pictures of Palestinian children who have been killed throughout the war.