Millions
of Yemenis are starving as Saudi Arabia continues to bomb the
country, while the people of Gaza lack electricity and medical
supplies due to a 10-year Israeli blockade. Both conflicts and the
crises they have unleashed are tied to the U.S.’ arms industry’s
unending pursuit of profit.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
1
While the mainstream media is dominated by anti-Russia
headlines and the upcoming health care vote in the Senate, its
silence on two of the greatest humanitarian crises in the world,
Yemen and Gaza, is deafening. These crises have received little to
none of the media attention that was showered last year on the battle
for Aleppo in Syria or the attention currently being given to the
political crisis in Venezuela.
However, the situations in these two areas are growing
worse by the day. In Yemen – less than three years following the
launch of the Saudi-led war against the Yemeni people – 7 million
people face starvation, nearly 70 percent of the population is in
desperate need of humanitarian assistance and a preventable cholera
epidemic is surfacing.
Gaza, suffering from the effects of Israel’s
10-year-long illegal blockade of the coastal city, is largely without
electricity, as Israel – with the backing of the Palestinian
Authority – has drastically cut power to Gaza in recent months,
threatening medical care, sewage and drinking water treatment, and
food safety, among other essentials.
Yemen and Gaza are both on the verge of total collapse
due to these crises.
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