{"id":254364,"date":"2024-02-12T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=254364"},"modified":"2024-02-10T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T10:23:49","slug":"pushing-gazans-into-rafah-and-then-attacking-rafah-killing-unrwa-funding-without-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/02\/pushing-gazans-into-rafah-and-then-attacking-rafah-killing-unrwa-funding-without-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Gazans into Rafah and Then Attacking Rafah, Killing UNRWA Funding without Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israel flag on soldier’s arm (collage).<\/p><\/div>\n

10 Feb 2024 – The IDF has been packing the population of Gaza into the southernmost part of the enclave like toothpaste toward the end of a tube, and now they\u2019re going to attack that southernmost part, but it\u2019s totally not genocide and you\u2019re an evil Nazi if you say it is. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Israel is reportedly preparing<\/a> to launch a ground assault on Rafah, the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip where Gazans have been pushed to flee to. Israel has instructed the 1.4 million refugees sheltering there to evacuate, along with the hundreds of thousands of people who were already living there before, but there doesn\u2019t seem to be anywhere for them to go. This could wind up being the single deadliest phase<\/a> of Israel\u2019s onslaught to date.<\/p>\n

So to summarize, the IDF has been packing the population of Gaza into the southernmost part of the enclave like toothpaste toward the end of a tube, and now they\u2019re going to attack that southernmost part, but it\u2019s totally not genocide and you\u2019re an evil Nazi if you say it is.<\/p>\n

This genocide is not a genocide. Ceci n\u2019est pas une pipe.<\/p>\n

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Can we all just stop and marvel at how successful Israel and its allies have been at moving the conversation from \u201cThe ICJ ruled<\/a> that Israel needs to immediately cease killing Palestinians\u201d to \u201cIs it right or wrong to starve two million people based on unevidenced claims?\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian foreign minister Penny Wong has acknowledged<\/a> that Canberra joined the US, UK and other allies in cutting off UNRWA funding without having seen proof of Israel\u2019s claims against the organization. Empire managers are now openly admitting they suspended aid to Gaza without having seen evidence of the claims that call was based on; they cut the aid because they were told to, then waited for narratives to be provided to them as to why this was a good and righteous decision.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re going to say that a bad thing happened and we therefore need to cut off aid to the most aid-dependent population on earth, then you\u2019d better at least be able to prove the bad thing actually happened. If evidence exists, then show it. If you insist on starving two million people, you can\u2019t do it on vibes alone.<\/p>\n

How is this not obvious to everyone? How was it not immediately obvious the instant it came up? Time and time again we are asked to consent to the empire doing the most heinous things to the most vulnerable populations on secret, invisible evidence. We are expected to trust their secret evidence without getting to look at it, even though they\u2019ve been caught lying about things like this over and over and over again.<\/p>\n

They think we\u2019re idiots.<\/p>\n

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There's no evidence. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE. They cut off aid to the most aid-dependent population on earth during the world's worst humanitarian crisis based on no evidence, and now they're saying they need to keep it cut off WHILE THEY LOOK FOR THE EVIDENCE to justify cutting it. https:\/\/t.co\/zpy7KkZwUD<\/a><\/p>\n

— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) February 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n