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.” "

  • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    China frequently criticizes Israel, and has flown aid directly into Palestine. They’re a non-interventionalist nation, and have their own issues to work through, especially with the trade war ramping up and risks of a potential hot war. You want them to get themselves cut off from the global economy by attacking Israel or something?

    • blakenong@lemmings.world
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      5 hours ago

      No I think the EU should do it, as they are part of NATO. That’s the message that needs to be sent. Which I think won’t ever happen.

      You might wanna check for a source on that though. While China has supplied aid in the form of money and supplies which have reached Gaza through Egypt (Rafah crossing). They have not landed a plane or airdropped anything into Gaza or the broader Palestine areas. There were a few social media claims, but they aren’t real.