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5. Just enough aid - Netanyahu says 'minimal' aid will go to Gaza to preserve U.S. support May 19, 2025
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:41 AM
Jun 18

A system designed to fail while keeping support for an agenda


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https://wapo.st/45vwniE

".... In a video posted on social media, Netanyahu said that although Israel was deploying “massive force to take control of all of the Gaza Strip … we cannot reach a point of starvation, for practical and diplomatic reasons.”

He said Israel’s “closest friends in the world,” including U.S. politicians, told him they were unwavering in their support but could not “handle pictures of mass starvation.” Other Western allies, including Britain, Canada and France, condemned Israel’s decision to expand military operations in Gaza and threatened “concrete actions” if it did not cease its offensive and lift restrictions on aid, which Israel halted on March 2...."

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