Gaza: Netanyahu's Deprivation.

Netanyahu is extraordinarily effective as a communicator. His latest performance at a press conference was nothing short of masterful. Too bad, he's Bibi, you know, an accomplished liar. Netanyahu clings to a definition with no practical difference: he calls it deprivation while most of us call it starvation and death, not of the masses but for a significant number of Palestinians. Meanwhile, others remain malnourished in Gaza.

Bibi blames the UN for not allowing the trucks to cross at Rafah and other ports of entry. The UN states that it was due to security concerns. As for the food that does get in, Netanyahu says Hamas terrorists steal almost all of it. That part is probably true. The Hamas so-called fighters look well-fed to me. But Netanyahu does not deal strangely enough with two points: how unauthorized food trucks were allegedly fired up by the IDF, and the end result of eleven days when Israel refused to allow food deliveries into Gaza. 

It's certainly not my contention that Israel deliberately set out to starve Gazans. However, their policies as the occupier did lead to that end in many cases. So, Israel is indirectly responsible for some starvation. Bibi had his cherry-picked files at his press conference, which he refuted. However, those were not the only cases in Gaza, which he seemingly can't repudiate. The other elephant in the room is this: when Hamas steals the food, civilians starve. As a result, starvation can clearly be laid at the doorstep of both Israel and Hamas.

Finally, there's Netanyahu's ridiculous assertion that the IDF can win this war. It will never happen. That didn't occur in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. It's been almost two years, and Israel is no closer to winning the war than it was on the first day the IDF entered Gaza. It's bullshit and Bibi knows it only too well. Mind you, it's far better than possibly invading a jail cell.