Erin Gore, the WCK chief executive, said: “This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organisations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable.”
The charity will pause its operations in the region and says it will make a decision about the future of its work, raising fears that a nascent maritime corridor from Cyprus to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza in the face of repeated Israeli obstructions may collapse.
This should really be the impetus to stop all current and future arms trades with Israel. At least force a guarantee from them that they will avoid attacking civilian areas, and if they don’t comply, all deals are permanently off.
It’s crazy that we are unable to even go near the topic of “punishing israel for breaking international laws and human rights violations”. It’s just “let’s give them one more chance and if they can’t resist their bloodthirst maybe we should stop trading arms with them. Maybe”
It’s clear how much the western governments need israel. Or maybe it’s a reminder of America’s power
I agree. It’s mainly for diplomatic relations that we can’t immediately go from arming then to punishing them – although I am certainly in favor of the latter. With how things stand, a slower approach of giving them one chance to stop fucking up before cracking down hard is probably more realistic and would have more support.
I mostly agree with you, except there are no non-civilian areas. That’s the reason the “Hamas are using civilians as human shields” argument is so stupid. It’s one of the most densely populated regions in the world. There are civilians/civilian infrastructure everywhere. Israel isn’t trying to avoid targeting civilians though, and they should be forced to try, instead of purposefully targeting them.