Video and text of statement. “Today’s applications are the outcome of an independent and impartial investigation by my Office. Guided by our obligation to investigate incriminating and exonerating evidence equally, my Office has worked painstakingly to separate claims from facts and to soberly present conclusions based on evidence to the Pre-Trial Chamber.”
Today, on 9 January 2024, COGAT turned up the dial on its gaslighting stove to the very highest setting. Knowing that all the aid Israel has permitted to enter has averaged 76 trucks a day since October 7th, COGAT’s social media team cooked up a 1-minute video featuring spokeswoman Shani Sasson, introduced with the obviously false claim that, “Before the war, an average of 70 food trucks entered Gaza every day. The average last week was 109.”
Israel is conducting genocide by starvation. In mid-December, Israeli government and hasbara accounts began posting links to a new website from the IDF’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), “Operation Swords of Iron: Humanitarian Efforts“. The website offers updates about the humanitarian aid that Israel gives permission to enter Gaza after an intentional, complicated ‘inspection’ process.
