170 groups call for U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza aid distribution to be shut down
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Above: Residents and civil defense teams conduct search and rescue operations in Khan Younis Refugee Camp in Khan Younis, Gaza on July 1, 2025. Image copyright: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The return to war has failed to save the hostages. Furthermore, Israel's aid distribution plans are already proving to be ineffective and problematic. Allowing in a token amount of aid will not significantly improve the humanitarian situation. Indeed, both sides need to make concessions so that the ceasefire can be fully implemented and the hostages are returned.
Pro-Israel narrative
Israeli forces do not intentionally kill civilians, and such accusations in the media only fuel antisemitic attacks against Jews around the world, such as the most recent barbaric attack in Colorado. Hamas is working overtime to sabotage the GHF so that it can take control of aid like it has throughout the war. Indeed, the media must stop parroting Hamas propaganda.
Pro-Palestine narrative
Nothing that Trump says changes the reality that Israel is committing a U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza that it seeks to replicate in the West Bank. The plan has been the same since day one — destroy Gaza and starve its people until no one is left. This war was never about the hostages, as Israeli leaders have repeatedly said, and was always about destroying the Palestinian people.