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Israel Halts Aid Deliveries to Northern Gaza
Above: Security guards ride aboard trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on June 25, 2025. Image copyright: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
The U.S. keeps fielding ridiculous ideas regarding Gaza that neither Palestinians nor Americans want. Instead, the United States should push for a ceasefire that ensures the release of the hostages and sidelines Hamas in favor of secular Palestinian figures who aren't connected to terrorism.
Pro-Israel narrative
Though nothing is set in stone, the United States could play an incredibly beneficial role in stabilizing Gaza and ensure that Hamas never rules the strip ever again. Furthermore, the United States can help lead the humanitarian mission of relocating Palestinians in Gaza so that they can live decent lives away from the ruins of the strip. U.S. control of Gaza may not solidify, but the relocation of Palestinians is still very possible. Additional normalization agreements with Arab countries will also only strengthen Israel's security.
Pro-Palestine narrative
Nothing that Trump says changes the reality that Israel is committing a U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. The plan has been the same since day one — destroy Gaza and starve its people. This war was never about the hostages, as Israeli leaders have repeatedly said recently, and was always about destroying the Palestinian people. Israel's decision to again halt aid into the strip is clearly to collectively punish the population for the successful Hamas attack on Israeli forces earlier this week.