Found out that my sister sometimes reads my blog so R. If you see this, either get off my blog or tell me your stupid YouTube channel name so we can at least mustually stalk each other.
Head in my hands bc there’s no way for me to sneak my best friend into the house rn ☹️
Interviews with current and former US Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department officials, aid agencies working in Gaza and internal USAID documents reveal that the administration rejected or ignored pleas to use its leverage to persuade its ally Israel – the recipient of billions of dollars of US military support – to allow sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza to stop the famine taking hold. The former officials say the US also provided diplomatic cover for Israel to create the conditions for famine by blocking international efforts to bring about a ceasefire or alleviate the crisis, making the delivery of aid almost impossible. “This is not just turning a blind eye to the man-made starvation of an entire population, it is direct complicity,” former State Department official Josh Paul, who resigned over US support for the war, told The Independent. [...] “This is a population that is starving to death, this is a population that is being pushed to the brink,” the World Health Organisation’s emergencies director Michael Ryan said at a press conference on 31 January. The same day Mr Ryan described Gaza’s grim outlook, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby defended the Biden administration’s decision to suspend aid to UNRWA. Mr Kirby denied that cutting off assistance to the UN entity with the largest footprint in Gaza would have a detrimental effect on the humanitarian situation there, and instead claimed that the US was “working so hard to get more [humanitarian] assistance into the people of Gaza”. [...] A cable drafted by officials at the agency and leaked to HuffPost in early April said that “the threshold to support a famine determination has likely already been crossed,” and that the level of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza was “unprecedented in modern history”. A separate memo written by USAID officials for Mr Blinken and leaked to Devex found that Israel may be violating a White House directive requiring recipients of US military assistance to permit the unimpeded delivery of US-funded humanitarian support. The UN has said repeatedly that, by the time an official declaration of famine is made, it will be too late to prevent thousands of deaths. The declaration requires a painfully precise collection of data that is not possible to get while the north of Gaza remains cut off by the fighting. [...] According to UN figures, more than half of Gaza’s population– some 1.1 million people – face catastrophic food insecurity. This represents the highest share of a population ever recorded globally. One in three children under the age of two suffer from acute malnutrition. [...] “I believe the US to be complicit in creating the conditions for famine,” the current anonymous USAID employee told The Independent. “Not only has our response been woefully inadequate, but we’re actively responsible in large part for it.”
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In case the esim process confuses you or you aren't able to buy them yourself for any other reason, crips for esims for Gaza is collecting donations, they've almost met their goal of $150,000 raised. Donating allows them to buy esims in bulk which allows them to obtain more than individuals would be able to. I just donated and it was super easy as you can use paypal.
I just did this! As someone who is easily overwhelmed and confused even in life or death matters, this is extremely handy and rewarding. Get at it!
me when the YAOI pill hits
glowing hot metal is such a touchable shade of orange
im a welder and this let me tell you this does not go away if youre around a lot of hot metal its actually worse
tumblr name a woman challenge (impossible)
I’m not immune to cowboy characters
what a beautiful day to not be in high school
This is the like those “remember to be grateful you don’t have a sore throat right now” posts. It IS a beautiful day to not be in high school! Thank you!
In Yemen the death count stagnated at 15,000 until the war ended and the people were able to count their dead. Today, it's commonly accepted that over 300,000 Yemenis have been killed by war and famine. We will see a similar situation in Gaza after a ceasefire.
Ralph Nader estimated in December of 2023 that the real death toll was closer to 200,000 Palestinians but was being hidden or poorly estimated by local authorities for propaganda purposes or due to the lack of infrastructure. We are in May of 2024, 5 months later and we're talking about a city that hasn't had access to food, water, stable shelter, medicine, medical services, or electricity, heating, nor air conditioning. Most of you can't imagine spending 1 week of your lives without 1 of these things missing, let alone all of them. We have no idea what the scale of this accelerated genocide is right now, 8 months into it.
ⓘ A sewing machine is a device that provides a several-fold increase of the speed at which you can make mistakes
me when im walking along the beach at night while the tide is low
Y'all ever love a fictional character so much you feel like you're going to explode if you don't like talk about them or post about them or watch their source media or something because same
Y'all ever love a fictional character so much you feel like you're going to explode if you don't like talk about them or post about them or watch their source media or something because same
Y'all ever love a fictional character so much you feel like you're going to explode if you don't like talk about them or post about them or watch their source media or something because same