{"id":306964,"date":"2025-11-10T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=306964"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:56:36","slug":"israel-is-still-starving-gaza-and-other-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/11\/israel-is-still-starving-gaza-and-other-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Is still Starving Gaza, and Other Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_306965\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-6.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306965\" class=\"wp-image-306965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-6-1024x536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-6-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-6-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-6-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gaza-genocide-6.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-306965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Adobe Stock<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>They\u2019re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>6 Nov 2025\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0Israel is still blocking humanitarian groups from delivering the aid necessary to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In an article titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/3b5G7\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not enough tents, food reaching Gaza as winter comes, aid agencies say<\/a>,\u201d Reuters reports that \u201cFar too little aid is reaching Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire\u201d due to Israeli restrictions preventing aid trucks from getting to their destinations, and that according to an OSHA report last week \u201ca tenth of children screened in Gaza were still acutely malnourished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Channel4News\/status\/1985400950106800244\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from the UK\u2019s Channel 4 News shows warehouses full of food that aid groups say isn\u2019t being allowed into Gaza nearly as rapidly as needed.<\/p>\n<p>In an article titled \u201c\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/x2aLl\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Under the Guise of Bureaucracy\u2019\u200a\u2014\u200aIsrael Blocks Humanitarian Groups From Delivering Essential Aid Despite Calm in Gaza<\/a>,\u201d Israeli outlet Haaretz reports that \u201cIsrael has implemented a new procedure requiring all humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza and the West Bank to reapply for official approval, with many denied, despite the relative calm in Gaza following the cease-fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tonnes of aid stuck outside Gaza\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIsDR_kzeoY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible. As Electronic Intifada\u2019s Ali Abunimah <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliAbunimah\/status\/1986175252947189902\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put it<\/a>, Israel has \u201csuccessfully rebranded its genocide as a \u2018ceasefire.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Still can\u2019t wrap my head around the fact that internationally renowned activist Greta Thunberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/israel-tortured-and-sexually-humiliated\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said she was tortured and sexually humiliated<\/a> by Israeli soldiers when she was abducted for trying to bring aid to starving civilians, and the world just shrugged and moved on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so silly when US empire apologists <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealAlexJones\/status\/1983612408221593844\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cite \u201cthe Monroe Doctrine\u201d<\/a> to defend US warmongering in Latin America, as though \u201cthe entire western hemisphere is our property\u201d is a perfectly legitimate policy to have.<\/p>\n<p>The Monroe Doctrine was just American imperialists telling Europe, \u201cYou see all these brown people over here south of our border? These are <strong><em>our<\/em><\/strong> brown people. You can do whatever you want to those brown people over there in Africa and Asia, but these brown people over here belong to us. Only we get to dominate and exploit them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all it has ever been, and people cite it to justify warmongering toward Venezuela or wherever as though saying \u201cyeah well that\u2019s the Monroe Doctrine\u201d is a complete argument in and of itself. It\u2019s bat shit insane nonsense and it should be rejected in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p>US regime change interventionism is reliably disastrous wherever it happens. It always causes immense suffering and instability, it\u2019s always justified by lies, and it never accomplishes what its proponents claim it will accomplish. No amount of bleating the words \u201cMonroe Doctrine\u201d will ever change that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The US empire backs genocidal Gulf state monarchies like the UAE and Saudi Arabia because if those states were democratically governed their people would prioritize their own interests over the agendas of the west. They wouldn\u2019t permit US military bases on their territory, and they never would have tolerated Israel and its abuses in the region. Fossil fuel policy would be set without regard for western interests. The entire region could long ago have united into a superpower bloc which rivaled or outmuscled the western power structure using its critical resources and trade routes.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why you see the US and its allies preaching about the values of Freedom and Democracy to the public while privately telling these tyrannical monarchies they can do whatever they want and receive the backing of the imperial machine. Not until their pet tyrant fails to sufficiently kowtow to the interests of the empire does the west suddenly get interested in advancing Freedom and Democracy in their nation.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the major dynamics at play in Sudan. The United Arab Emirates has been backing the genocidal atrocities of the RSF and the US empire is placing no pressure on them to stop, because that\u2019s part of the deal. As long as the UAE plays along with the agendas of the empire, the empire will tolerate or actively facilitate its abuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>I saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdwardMDruce\/status\/1984721051587395619\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clip<\/a> of Joe Rogan telling Elon Musk that AI music is his \u201cfavorite music now,\u201d gushing about how soulful and moving it is.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine admitting this about yourself in public. AI art is shallow, vapid sensory stimulation made for shallow, vapid people who don\u2019t have enough depth and dimensionality in their consciousness to be moved by profound arisings from the human spirit. They\u2019re just stimulus-response amoebas.<\/p>\n<p>If you tell me you love AI art I won\u2019t try to convince you, I\u2019ll just side-eye you, because while you may not realize it, you are telling me something very revealing about yourself.<\/p>\n<p>People who think AI art is awesome are the AI art of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all known someone like Israel. Someone who lies and manipulates all the time. Someone who\u2019s always stirring up conflict and acting like the victim. Someone who\u2019s obtained everything they have by stepping on top of others.<\/p>\n<p>Healthy people avoid such individuals like the plague. We have labels that we use to warn others to stay clear of them. Drama queen. Narcissist. Compulsive liar. Sociopath. Manipulator.<\/p>\n<p>Under ordinary circumstances such people gradually find themselves socially alienated by all but the most gullible and malleable codependents, because normal people can\u2019t stand being around them.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is like if everyone was being forced to be that person\u2019s friend at gunpoint. Say nice things to the sociopath and pretend to believe their lies or you\u2019re getting your head blown off.<\/p>\n<p>Nations who oppose Israel\u2019s crimes find themselves in the crosshairs of the imperial war machine. Organizations who oppose Israel\u2019s abuses find themselves smeared, targeted, and proscribed as terrorist groups. Individuals who oppose Israel\u2019s atrocities get fired, slandered, marginalized, censored, and silenced.<\/p>\n<p>The healthy impulse we all have in ourselves to pull away from such loathsome entities is being overridden by brute force. All normal people want to turn against Israel and do whatever is necessary to end its tyranny and abuse, but the imperial institutions are doing everything in their power to coerce them to comply.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the only reason Israel has any remaining support at all. Hopefully someday they won\u2019t even have that.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2025\/11\/06\/israel-is-still-starving-gaza-and-other-notes\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Nov 2025\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0They\u2019re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":180156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[867,417,393,1854,87,865,1126,1966,1050,88,541,427,1190,3488,70,557,965],"class_list":["post-306964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine-israel-gaza-genocide","tag-anglo-america","tag-bullying","tag-coup","tag-crimes-against-humanity","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-hegemony","tag-hunger","tag-imperialism","tag-israel","tag-latin-america-caribbean","tag-palestine","tag-regime-change","tag-starvation","tag-usa","tag-venezuela","tag-war-crimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306967,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306964\/revisions\/306967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}