Cody, it seems to me you are also an American, and are engaging politics in a genuine manner. As such, I’ll afford you respect by responding to your assertions with as much objectivity as I can, and hope you do the same despite how charged this issue is.
On Israel allowing “tons” of aid through, and sending aid themselves: Israel repeatedly prevented or obstructed UNRWA from delivering aid throughout the conflict. Furthermore, much less aid has been allowed in over time - prior to May 19, there was an ELEVEN WEEK aid blockade. The UN and groups such as Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Broders) report conditions of famine and a beyond-critical lack of medical supplies. I implore you to watch the testimony of American doctors and nurses returning from there in particular. On top of this, the US and Israel worked together to remove UNRWA and instead installed the GHF, which has resulted in the many videos and independent reports from journalists of “hunger games” style food distribution, wherein Gazans are shot in the process. Netanyahu himself, when announcing a less than total blockade some weeks ago, said it was only because the rest of the world would not allow the “final solution” without doing so, and promised “a basic amount of aid” (hardly tons).
On the whole, Israel has been nearly totally enabled by the current US admin since Oct 7th and has not, nor ever will, accomplish the erasure of Hamas. Our disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan proved that you cannot stamp out religious extremism with violence. We even reminded the Israelis of that shortly after Oct 7th, I forgot who from the admin though. Please do not be on the side of history that enables foreign influence to drag us in another war that sacrifices American troops and taxpayer money, for the benefit of a military industrial complex and authoritarians in a faraway land and domestically. Or on the side that enables a genocide.
“Tons” of aid refers to years and years of aid. History did not begin on 7OCT, obviously.
Israel produced evidence of 12 UNRWA staff participating in the attacks on 7OCT. Legacy media isn’t going to tell you that. Any time you hear something horrible (preventing aid, you should ask why and go look for the answer). The UN even corroborated some of Israel’s claims here.
When aid lands in Gaza, Hamas takes it. They are the de facto government. If Israel is not coordinating that aid, Hamas is being fed. Hamas does not care about its people. This is not disputed. Most senior leadership are billionaires in Qatar.
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And as far as erasing Hamas, they can put a hood size hole in their operation. Ask Hezbollah. Ask ISIS. Ask Sadam. Evil exists. It always will. Radical Islam (we can debate radical and the Quran if you’d like), is that. Israel will address it.
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