According to COGAT, the Israeli agency that coordinates humanitarian aid for Gaza, 322 aid trucks entered Gaza today:¹
This is a direct result of Joe Biden's pressure following the destruction of the World Central Kitchen convoy last week. More routes into Gaza have been opened up, and aid is now getting to northern Gaza.
If this can be done for one day, it can be done every day. There is no excuse for famine in Gaza.
¹The COGAT numbers are usually about a quarter higher than the numbers provided by the UN. I don't know why. But whatever the precise number is, it's apparently a record.
Biden and Blinken need to keep the pressure on and keep the issue in the forefront.
Well, I'm told by one side that Biden is complicit in genocide and the other side that any criticism of Israel shatters the alliance. Maybe supporting them but trying to keep them from doing stupid stuff is the way to go?
Every mouthful of food should be celebrated, but please let's not forget that we are at a deficit of 280 days times 300+ trucks per day of goods and the need is many times greater than pre war-of-annihilation. And let's also not forget Isreal's clear track record of reverting to criminal policies as soon as international attention subsides.
A sad prediction: mainstream media and western governments will celebrate this and a few more days of improvement and then forget about it. The foundational criminal actions that have created this humanitarian catastrophe will be left to the side. Isreal will soon tighten its restrictions again.
Self correction: "we are at a deficit of 280 days" should have been 180 days.
Talk about a misleading headline. It should say something like "More aid got into Gaza for a single day". That's all we know at this point.
Also, how do we know Biden is the reason this happened? Kevin provides no evidence for this, just decides it's true by fiat.
"The COGAT numbers are usually about a quarter higher than the numbers provided by the UN. I don't know why. " Because the Israeli's are like the republicans, fundamentally incapable of ever telling the truth.