It's incredible. Six months and two weeks into Israel's war on Hamas, and nobody puts any blame for the atrocity on Egypt. Even Hamas seems to have been forgotten as a continued aggressor in the region, especially by my friends on the political Left.
Oh, don't get me wrong. What Israel is doing is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. They're very much hoping starvation will do most of the killing for them, and so far, the tactic is working. Israel's leaders need to be held accountable for this! But Israelis don't like Netenyahu so much anymore, in large part because of the way this war is degrading. They are increasingly recognizing that they have become the thing they most hated, and they don't like it. As of April 11, polls show Netenyahu having 40% unfavorable vs. an only 26% favorable rating, with 34% undecided. You can see the numbers here. Bibi is very likely on the way out.
But what's frustrating is how nobody in the news, nobody at all, places any blame upon Egypt for keeping the border closed! If they opened the border and allowed Gazans to flee the war zone, into a FUCKING DESERT which no one is using anyway, they would likely save over a million lives. All the aid which can't currently cross Israel's border would be able to reach the refugees. Food, fuel, shelter, and safety, all would be provided. But Egypt doesn't dare. Why? Because they're petrified that Israel will never allow those Palestinians back in. And while those fears are quite justified, they don't justify being complicit in the murder of their fellow Arabs!
Egypt might as well be lumped in entirely with the IDF for the wanton killing of civilians. They deserve this blame.
But in the media, on both sides of the political aisle, there is deafening silence regarding Egypt. For the life of me, I can't see why. One side of the border has badly needed aid. The other side has huge swaths of starving people. So if the aid can't get to the people, the only logical thing to do is allow the people to go to the aid! But nah, that would make too much sense!
Oh, I get it. Egypt thinks that such refugees would become a permanent settlement, and saddle them forever with a humanitarian crisis they would rather not spend money on. But this is the excuse they use while they casually look on, watching while women and children slowly starve to death. In light of this, such complaints seem trivial, because they are.
And Hamas? They apparently don't care about their own people, either. They could surrender, release their hostages, and end this entire thing. Today. But they would rather see all of themselves dead than give one inch. They would rather keep firing improvised rockets and other weapons, even now.
You need to have religion to be that stupid.
But why am I, with my little blog, the only one saying this? Why are my fellow liberals snarling traffic to O'Hare airport, as if that somehow won't simply make people ten times more pissed off? How obvious can it get?
Again, don't get me wrong. I've seen the news reports. I've seen how mass graves have been dug up, revealing how the IDF executed large swaths of civilians while their hands were zip-tied. Some Israeli officials, including Bibi Netenyahu, need to be put on trial for war crimes and executed.
But for fuck's sake, Egypt, open the goddamned border, already!
And SOMEBODY in the media better begin saying that!
Eric
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