Blocking humanitarian aid cannot be justified: we must feed Gaza now

It is approaching three months since the Gaza Strip was sealed – once more during this conflict – to food and aid. The dire consequences are obvious to all but the most cynical denialist, and represent the starkest possible reminder that every instance of a starving child is the result of callous political choice. Not fate, and not cruel happenstance, but choice.

Last week, Netanyahu announced a very partial lifting of the siege. We must hope that there is no such thing as too late with a situation as catastrophic as this. But the meagre allowance is certainly too little, and the predictions of humanitarian experts remain justifiably apocalyptic.”