Nearly half of humanitarian aid missions to Gaza are being blocked or impeded, the United Nations has confirmed. As shocking as this may sound to some, for many it is merely another grim confirmation of what has long been evident: humanity and the rule of law have been reduced to hollow slogans when it comes to Palestine.
Israel has been permitted to carry out a genocide for nearly two years with complete impunity. Each new report, each fresh tally of lives lost, each obstruction of aid, only deepens the collective shame. It is no longer possible for those who have supported, funded, or politically shielded Israel to claim in the future that they were unaware, or that some legal loophole absolves them of complicity. The record is being written in real time, and it leaves no room for convenient forgetfulness.
There is little appetite among the powerful to intervene meaningfully. The destruction, it seems, will be allowed to run its course until it reaches its maximum human and material toll. That is the bleak reality the world is complicit in tolerating. But history is merciless, and when justice is sought, as it inevitably will be, even if delayed, the list of those held accountable will be long. It will not stop at politicians or generals. Every facilitator, every profiteer, every apologist who enabled this campaign will be named for what they are: complicit in crimes against humanity.
The world may avert its eyes today, but there will be no turning back from this moment. The ledger is filling, and the day of reckoning, however distant, will demand answers that no carefully crafted press release or legal argument will ever be able to provide.