It seems that currently the bottleneck is not funding for orgs that provide humanitarian aid, but rather Israel’s willingness to allow that humanitarian aid to get to the civilians that need it.
The Israeli government and individuals within it seem to have some myopic incentives to cause harm to civilians, including: (1) as a lever over Hamas; (2) for the purpose of increasing its deterrence against Lebanon Hezbollah and in general; and (3) perhaps for the purpose of eventually causing civilians to flee to Egypt.
Unrelated note: This is an extremely contentious political issue around the world and especially in the US. We should consider that the involvement of EA in such issues can be harmful. It seems relevant to note here this AMA post about this war, from a seemingly strongly pro-Israel author who so far never wrote anything on this forum (from that account) outside that AMA. That post currently has 62 karma points.
Disclosure: I have served in Israel Defense Forces, live in Israel, feel horrible about what Israel has done so far to Palestinians and about the current war, and I do not want Israel to end up as a horrible stain on human history. I am probably unusually biased when dealing with this topic.
It seems that currently the bottleneck is not funding for orgs that provide humanitarian aid, but rather Israel’s willingness to allow that humanitarian aid to get to the civilians that need it.
The Israeli government and individuals within it seem to have some myopic incentives to cause harm to civilians, including: (1) as a lever over Hamas; (2) for the purpose of increasing its deterrence against
LebanonHezbollah and in general; and (3) perhaps for the purpose of eventually causing civilians to flee to Egypt.Unrelated note: This is an extremely contentious political issue around the world and especially in the US. We should consider that the involvement of EA in such issues can be harmful. It seems relevant to note here this AMA post about this war, from a seemingly strongly pro-Israel author who so far never wrote anything on this forum (from that account) outside that AMA. That post currently has 62 karma points.
Disclosure: I have served in Israel Defense Forces, live in Israel, feel horrible about what Israel has done so far to Palestinians and about the current war, and I do not want Israel to end up as a horrible stain on human history. I am probably unusually biased when dealing with this topic.