There are a number of valid objections to Joe Biden’s plan to build a pier in Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. First, Biden is treating Gaza as if its problem was that it lacks access to external aid, when in fact its problem is that Hamas controls the distribution of such aid and diverts it to support its fighters. That falsely implies that Israel, rather than Hamas, is responsible for poor living conditions in Gaza. In fact, more aid arriving from the West will just lengthen the war by keeping Hamas fed and fit.
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