Talk of War Distracts from Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
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Palestinian schoolchildren during a protest in Gaza city on February 4, 2018, against the difficult economic situation and the U.S. decision to withhold funds earmarked for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.(MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Israel's apologists are trotting out familiar talking points about 'self-defense,' preparing the public for another attack. But the war on Gaza's Palestinians never ended.
Recent headlines have once again raised the specter of war in Gaza, where the United Nations this week warned that critical fuel supplies, including for hospitals, were nearly at zero. With cuts to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency already threatening basic services to Gaza's two million residents, talk of violent conflict has distracted from the hu...