Anyone claiming that Israel is starving Palestinians and blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza is talking out of their backside.
The other day, at the IDF’s invitation, I drove down to the Kerem Shalom crossing to see for myself. Not far from my destination, I found myself behind several large trucks laden with goods imprinted with a UN World Food Programme (WFP) logo. Following them into the area of the crossing, I witnessed dozens more trucks arriving, just some of the 600 per day that deliver all manner of goods to the terminal, as a representative of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) told me and a colleague.
He explained how the IDF is facilitating the entry of some 160 metric tonnes of food each month, which is more than twice the UN’s minimum criteria.
I was able to wander around to see for myself the hundreds of pallets waiting a short time to be transferred to trucks on the Palestinian side for distribution inside Gaza.
I saw frozen chicken, frozen fish, even frozen calamari. Fruit, vegetables, eggs, cooking oil. And my personal favorite, a truck full of Mars, Snickers, and Twix bars. From Jordan, Egypt, Israel, and third countries.
I don’t doubt that Gazans are suffering. But you’ll never hear about the 30% tax imposed on the goods imposed by Hamas or their own requisitioning of supplies. Only that Israel is to blame. The media aren’t interested in seeing what I saw. Because that would ruin a good (anti-Israel) narrative.
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