When the Gaza pier was built by the United States, some Palestinian activists and intellectuals warned that it could be used for offensive purposes, rather than for its stated purpose of supplying food and medicines to the besieged population.
Had the US been serious about providing humanitarian aid, it could have done so without too many problems. Washington could have ordered Israel to clear the air space so that US planes could deliver aid, or ordered Egypt to open the frontiers to allow US-protected trucks to bring needed food and medicines.
However ambitious and unscrupulous Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his fascist colleagues might be, they could not have resisted such orders, especially if they were issued publicly…..more
