WASHINGTON (AP) — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza is being removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday.
While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard because of the difficulty that agencies have had moving it to areas in Gaza where it is most needed, and that storage area is almost full.
We (well, not me, but someone) airlifted food into Berlin for almost a year. The pier is theater, meant to look like they’re doing something. If they really wanted to help, they would make sure the supplies actually got to the people that need it, and not leave it on the beach waiting for more fish to evolve legs.