I don't think there's been a time when the Gaza Strip was not "on the verge of famine", and the main reason why current aid shipments aren't reaching Gazans is because UN aid workers don't want to get mugged by bandit gangs operating in the region.
It's perfectly reasonable for Americans to not want to get dragged into another 20-year adventure in the middle east, and if your basic position is to just not get involved with either side that's fine- Israel is a big boy and quite capable of taking care of itself- but any "humanitarian" assistance given to a Hamas-administered state is going to be embezzled for military purposes, and until the Palestinians come up with a definition of a 'peace deal' that doesn't involve Israel committing national suicide we shouldn't be under any illusions about who is dragging out the conflict here.
I don't think there's been a time when the Gaza Strip was not "on the verge of famine", and the main reason why current aid shipments aren't reaching Gazans is because UN aid workers don't want to get mugged by bandit gangs operating in the region.
It's perfectly reasonable for Americans to not want to get dragged into another 20-year adventure in the middle east, and if your basic position is to just not get involved with either side that's fine- Israel is a big boy and quite capable of taking care of itself- but any "humanitarian" assistance given to a Hamas-administered state is going to be embezzled for military purposes, and until the Palestinians come up with a definition of a 'peace deal' that doesn't involve Israel committing national suicide we shouldn't be under any illusions about who is dragging out the conflict here.