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AP Misreporting on Rafah Food Shortages
(CAMERA-Israel Hayom) Tamar Sternthal - The Associated Press is feeding the allegation that Israel is starving Gazan civilians. In an article on Wednesday holding Israel responsible for the reported food shortage in Rafah, AP concealed that it is Egypt - not Israel - that has forced the shutdown of the Rafah border crossing, thereby stopping the flow of aid through that point. AP egregiously covered up Egypt's closure of the Rafah crossing, instead citing "an untenable security situation caused by Israel's expanding military operation." At no point did AP clearly report that Egypt closed the crossing at the expense of Palestinian civilians. Even state-controlled Egyptian television reported that Egypt refused to coordinate with Israel on the transfer of aid. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that there was a "need to persuade Egypt to reopen the Rafah crossing to allow the continued delivery of international humanitarian aid to Gaza....The key to preventing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now in the hands of our Egyptian friends." In contrast, Reuters published an article on May 11 titled, "Egypt Refuses to Coordinate with Israel on Entry of Aid from Rafah Crossing."