Is Israel Purposely Starving Innocent Palestinians?

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00:00So, as you heard, 100 organisations say new Israeli rules are stopping critical aid getting into Gaza.

00:08Is Israel purposely starving innocent Palestinians?

00:12I think that's what Hamas wants everybody to think.

00:15I think the real question here is why these aid organisations have such strong objections

00:20to Israel's security requirements, vetting the Palestinians working for them in Gaza

00:26to try to root out Hamas from the supply line.

00:28Surely, if their agenda was simply to get food to needy people in Gaza and not into the hands of Hamas,

00:35they would embrace Israel's security measures, working alongside the Israelis to make sure

00:40that their aid got to hungry people and not into the hands of jihadi terrorists.

00:45Unfortunately, they're trying to turn the tables of this debate and blaming Israel for not wanting to feed the Gazans

00:51when actually all Israel is trying to do is to feed Gazans civilians

00:55while preventing Hamas from exploiting the supply of aid to keep themselves in power.

01:01It strikes me that in this way, these aid organisations are really lending their own international legitimacy

01:07to a jihadi agenda.