cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29824159
Bernie Sanders May 08, 2025
[based on speech given to US Senate]
"Thursday marks 68 days and counting since ANY humanitarian aid was allowed into Gaza. For more than nine weeks, Israel has blocked all supplies: no food, no water, no medicine, and no fuel.
Hundreds of truckloads of lifesaving supplies are waiting to enter Gaza, sitting just across the border, but are denied entry by Israeli authorities.
… Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “Israel’s policy is clear: No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers.” "
This is a lady in a wig talking. This is not an armada of ships announcing their plans in advance, showing up while streaming video, and proving that they cannot get to shore.
Frankly, I doubt a good number of these attempts. Put it on Netflix and you’ll roll right in untouched.
Israel would just say the aid is either hamas or those providing it are hamas, as they’ve done the entire time.
https://press.un.org/en/2025/sc16023.doc.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg300jek94zo
If this is all news/surprising to you I’d recommend doing research before saying the usa is faultless
It’s amazing how people can just fabricate entire concepts on lemmy. The idea that I think the USA is faultless cannot be found anywhere in my history. Sure, you could read a sentence and hallucinate that it means something else—but you’re aware of what you’re doing. Do you use that tactic to make me feel bad? Because it just makes me feel sad for you. It must be some kind of psychosis?