So the World Central Kitchen convoy a) cleared its route with the IDF beforehand, b) traveled on an approved route, and c) departed at an approved time, so d) the IDF knew exactly who it was killing when it struck the convoy three (3) times.
It was so obviously deliberate, and so deliberately cruel—not just to murder these people, but to terrorize other aid workers into abandoning the Palestinians to be starved to death. To prove the IDF’s impunity and reach, and to compel the IDF’s defenders into apologizing for yet another unforgivable atrocity.
@peterbrown@simon_brooke@HeavenlyPossum It simply isn't credible it was accidental. It's to deter aid agencies and to send a message, we can do whatever we want and there will never be any consequences.
@Glencoe@peterbrown@HeavenlyPossum It's essentially the same behaviour as Trump repeatedly violating gag orders, or Putin repeatedly invading neighbouring countries. And I believe that the core issue is the same one as I describe in this essay: in order to prove to yourself and others that you have power, you have demonstratively exercise power.
@HeavenlyPossum Indeed I agree the objective was to terrorize any NGO or aid org. in order to keep them from providing aid to the Palestinians. A most miserable thing to do.
@HeavenlyPossum The absolute best case scenario is that the IDF is so trigger happy and its chain of command has broken down the the point they can't coordinate not shooting aid workers with themselves. Not seeing many good arguments for continuing to go along with this murderous farce.
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