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[–] dlatch 16 points 9 months ago

If they would stop delivering bombs to Israel, they wouldn't even have to drop this many meals in the first place, saving literally everyone in the process so much pain and effort.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

From the documentary “Killing Gaza” 2018

[–] TheDoozer 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What the hell are we doing?

We're sending food as a humanitarian emergency operation to people starving from the seige perpetrated by the side we support with weapons. We're helping to make them starve while sending "emergency aid" to them as if it's not us keeping them in need of that aid.

[–] gmtom 5 points 9 months ago

Almost like geopolitics is stupid and complex.

[–] wurzelgummidge 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A lot of people just read the headline and think the US are good guys. I noticed the AP had neglected to mention how many thousands of tons of weapons and amunition the US had sent to Israel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

~~A lot~~ The majority

[–] filister 6 points 9 months ago

If Israel was abiding by international laws and not trying to actively prevent humanitarian aid to reach everyone who needs it, we wouldn't need those airdrops.

It is another proof that the US has very little influence over Israel and is a sign how powerless they are to change their internal policies.

They have on numerous occasions asked Israel to reduce the civilian casualties and to allow more aid into Palestine, and apparently this isn't happening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, three U.S. officials said, in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.

Three planes from Air Forces Central dropped 66 bundles containing about 38,000 meals into Gaza at 8:30 a.m. EST, according to two of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity before a public announcement.

The bundles were dropped in southwest Gaza, on the beach along the territory’s Mediterranean coast, a U.S. official said.

At least 115 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded in the Thursday attack as they scrambled for aid, the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said.

Israel says many of the dead were trampled in a chaotic crush for the food aid, and its troops fired warning shots after the crowd moved toward them in a threatening way.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Friday that the airdrops were being planned to deliver emergency humanitarian assistance in a safe way to people on the ground.


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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Send nukes to Palestine so they can nuke Israel back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago