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The U.S. military has started moving a pier towards the Gaza coast, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, one of the last steps before the launch of a maritime port promised by President Joe Biden to speed the flow of humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

The U.S. military opted to pre-assemble the maritime pier at Israeli port of Ashdod earlier this month due to weather conditions at the Gaza site where it will now be installed.

Officials hope the pier can be anchored to the coast of Gaza and aid can start flowing in the coming days.

"Earlier today, components of the temporary pier ... along with military vessels involved in its construction, began moving from the Port of Ashdod towards Gaza, where it will be anchored to the beach to assist in the delivery of international humanitarian aid," a U.S. official said.

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[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Wtf is even the fucking point? If we're gonna give Israel the weapons to genocide them with one hand why even bother with this fake bullshit "aid" with the other hand? Is anyone fooled by this?

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

International politics is complicated. Would you actually rather them just let civilians starve to death as well?

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That is what they are already doing by allowing Israel to keep the border crossings closed.

This pier is as useless as letting the civilians starve to death because none of that aid will reach them because Israel only agreed to the port if they also get to dictate what goes through.

ie they built a new a closed on arrival marine aid route that will likely get bombed by the IDF anyway.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Bombing a US controlled port would be pretty close to a declaration of war against the US. Israel isn't that dumb.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

The USS Liberty: "Am I a joke to you?!"

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Wouldn't be the first time. Hell, wouldn't be the first time they murdered Americans this genocide either.

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

We are. By letting the idf control what goes through the port, it will do nothing to help. As such we are letting them starve to death and remain facilitation genocide.

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

Look man, the problem with arguing with these people is that they are hard stuck. Biden could tell us exactly what the issue is, take his entire staff to Gaza, put on an apron, and begin filling bowls with soup, and people will be like, "HE ISN'T GRABBING A GUN AND FIGHTING BACK"

It'd be funny if it wasn't so tiring and sad.

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I play both sides, that way I always come out on top.

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

As much as I despise lemmy.ml, you passed the ocular patdown. Have an upvote

[–] S491@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It so they can export the natural gas they are going to steal from Gaza

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's a nonzero chance Israel bombs the pier "accidentally" and then maybe we'll see some shit.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They've done that before

They settled for a few mil and called it a day

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, this time the pier has been telegraphed for months. No fog of war bullshit. If they hit it I fully expect a self defense response.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

If they hit the pier I hope we drop a MOAB on the IDF HQ. Itd be funny.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Were shoot our own sometimes too. Doesn’t mean it was deliberate.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'm well aware. But there's absolutely no way Israel doesn't I ow exactly where the pier is or that the US will be there, so if anything happens it is not an accident.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago

Israel already has the weapons it is using in Gaza. They get rid of the old stock first. Way cheaper to drop them than decommission then. They already have all the weapons they need to obliterate all of Gaza. They have not done so.