Afrasianet - By: Dr. Hisham Okal - The bulldozer does not need an engine, but funding. And here comes the funding. Half a billion dollars at once to an organization falsely called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is not much different from a soul shredder.
In Gaza, hunger is not a coincidence, but a systematic project with a funding headquarters in Washington, a field office in Tel Aviv, and an executive machine at every aid distribution center. UN Rapporteur Mary Lawlor said it with a full mouth. "Aid uses a weapon of war."
No, it is a ticking time bomb thrown into the hands of the hungry Palestinians. If he is not killed waiting for her, he will be killed while reaching out to her. The foundation, founded with American blessing and Israeli supervision, says it rescues people but forces them to line up in what looks like "cattle pens" and then hands them over to bullets. What exactly is happening. It happens that a bulldozer is no longer just a drilling machine but a policy.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or as Gazans call it, the "Irhasa Committee," distributes aid with a death ticket. Since its launch in February, its four centers have recorded dozens of deaths every day at its gates. Just because they dared to starve.
The official version says. "They were killed during a stampede." As for the truth. Israeli direct bullets in front of the cameras and a security pretext written later by the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv or through an American tweet saying. "We are watching the situation with concern."
And the deeper question. Who finances this bloody play? The answer is blunt. The State Department is preparing to inject $500 million into support for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation through the U.S. Agency for International Development, which under Trump has become a mere security contractor distributing funding as gunpowder does.
Even stranger, the plan had the support of the agency's deputy director, Ken Jackson, who is tasked with dismantling it and merging it with the State Department. Thus, the Ministry of Development turns into a ministry of starvation and aid into a mass execution program.
The United Nations refused to coordinate with the foundation, but who listens to the United Nations in the first place. Her voice has become like an old obituary statement that no one reads.
Only children in Gaza are learning today that the aid queue is more deadly than the war line. As for the tragic climax – black comedy. The same foundation announced the suspension of its operations "for the safety of the residents." No wonder.
The executioner closes the prison gate so that the smell of blood does not leak out. After killing them at the aid gates, the suspicious foundation says it is worried about their lives. In Gaza, nothing is given except at a price. A loaf of bread is bought with dignity and a bottle of water pays for hours of waiting and blood.
Whoever wants to eat must give up his humanity or his life. The "Al-Irahsa" institution is not a failed human experiment. It is an accurate model for the future of the region. Everything is sellable even hunger.
Provided that it is sponsored by Israel and funded by the United States. And the question we leave at the end of this is an acute angle. Could humanitarian aid be a political project of soft extermination? Or are we facing a modern version of open prisons where "food" is the guard and "killing" is the reward of casting?
By: Dr. Hisham Okal – Professor of Crisis Management and International Relations