Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) spoke out Thursday against Israel’s plans to block electricity, water and fuel from Gaza, calling it a “collective punishment and a violation of international law.”
Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz this week vowed to cut off energy supplies to the isolated Palestinian territory until Hamas militants from the region free Israeli hostages they’ve taken amid one of the group’s most brutal attacks on the Jewish country in decades.
“We cannot starve nearly a million children to death over the horrific actions of Hamas, whose disregard for Israeli, Palestinian, and human life overall could not be more clear,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This is collective punishment and a violation of international law.
We cannot starve nearly a million children to death over the horrific actions of Hamas, whose disregard for Israeli, Palestinian, and human life overall could not be more clear.
We must draw a line. https://t.co/pUvgmm7AGW — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 12, 2023
Because of Israel’s land, air and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated places in the world, its residents rely entirely on fuel that must pass through Israel to reach them. The same goes for food, clean water, medical supplies and other essentials.
As of Wednesday, Gaza is without power after its sole power station ran out of fuel, the head of the territory’s power authority told CNN.
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that Israel’s blockade will have devastating consequences for Palestinians.
“As Gaza loses power, hospitals lose power, putting newborns in incubators and elderly patients on oxygen at risk. Kidney dialysis stops, and X-rays can’t be taken. Without electricity, hospitals risk turning into morgues,” ICRC regional director Fabrizio Carboni said Thursday. “Families in Gaza are already having trouble accessing clean water. No parent wants to be forced to give a thirsty child dirty water.”
Carboni added that the ICRC is in touch with both Hamas and Israeli officials to facilitate a solution.
Faust_8 on October 13rd, 2023 at 02:00 UTC »
I hate this entire conflict and the coverage over it because:
both sides are wrong because both sides have committed extreme cruelty there’s no fucking solution to this it’s basically a monument to humanity’s sins, a cycle of hatred and revenge that can’t stop and is self-perpetuating support one side and you’re antisemitic, support the other and you like apartheid. Support either and you’re ok with killing kids, I guessIt’s like if the news was showing Frieza against Voldemort and you’re supposed to fucking pick sides.
Sharky-Sharkdog on October 12nd, 2023 at 22:43 UTC »
Every time I see a comment from her I think “she’s not wrong”.
Smarterthanthat on October 12nd, 2023 at 20:17 UTC »
The biggest mistake is assuming all Palestinians are Hamas! Three year olds are the same all over the world. And they are the victims.They aren't political. Killing them is. My heart goes out to the all innocents in this nightmare. Hamas doesn't represent anything but destruction.They are serial killers, monsters, subhumans.