Palestinians in Gaza rush to receive meals cooked by a charity in the city of Gaza, on May 21, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters)
It was the last straw: without the humanitarian aid blockade imposed since March 2, the devastating war waged by Israel on Gaza might have dragged on far longer without a serious international challenge.For more than 19 months, despite provisional measures from the International Court of Justice in the genocide case against Israel, despite arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, despite a death toll surpassing 53,500 — most of them women and children — and despite the destruction of much of Gaza’s infrastructure, Western retaliation remained minimal.Instead, many Western partners continued supporting Israel — through arms sales, hesitance to condemn its policies, or outright dismissal of international court decisions. Some stood by Israel out of deep conviction, others for fear of...
It was the last straw: without the humanitarian aid blockade imposed since March 2, the devastating war waged by Israel on Gaza might have dragged on far longer without a serious international challenge.For more than 19 months, despite provisional measures from the International Court of Justice in the genocide case against Israel, despite arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, despite a death toll surpassing 53,500 — most of them women and children — and despite the destruction of much of Gaza’s infrastructure, Western retaliation remained minimal.Instead, many Western partners continued supporting Israel — through arms sales, hesitance to condemn its policies, or outright dismissal of international court decisions. Some stood by Israel out of deep conviction, others for...