Human rights advocates argue that airdrops and maritime routes are an insufficient substitute to aid delivery by land.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/17490070

humanitarian organizations, many of which have been sounding alarms about the hunger crisis in Gaza for months, are not impressed. They argue that air and sea deliveries are not only an insufficient substitute for humanitarian aid delivered by land, but a dehumanizing one that acts as a distraction to the man-made barriers that have prevented more aid from getting into Gaza in the first place. “There is no good reason why aid cannot access Gaza by road today,”

  • wurzelgummidge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    308·
    10 months ago

    It’s not meant to be sufficient, it is meant to make Biden look like he’s doing something other than merely prolonging the slaughter by sending arms to Israel.

    • DeceptichumEnglish
      192·
      10 months ago

      Of course, and we need to call that out at every chance.

      • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        518·
        10 months ago

        Gotta call it out at every chance to delegitimize Biden so Trump wins and starts another insurrection.

        • DeceptichumEnglish
          184·
          10 months ago

          You’re right, everyone should accept shit because there’s worse. Fuck ever trying for something better.

    • mellowheat@suppo.fiEnglish
      26·
      10 months ago

      it is meant to make Biden look like he’s doing something other than merely prolonging the slaughter by sending arms to Israel.

      How does sending arms to Israel prolong the war? It should rather speed up its resolution, I would think?