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The above was appended to an article by the GB chief of UN aid, pointing out the obvious that they can't deliver aid while bombs and missiles are raining down from the skies. At first I thought I was reading a continuation to it -- sort of editorial statement of solidarity with his plea -- and then the penny dropped: they were slyly using the genocide of the Palestinian people and wholesale humanitarian crisis as a clever link into touting for contributions, hoping to pluck both the heart-strings and the wallet-strings of their readers in one fell swoop. What a clever thing to do! Well done, Guardian! For a split nano-second I thought you had developed a heart and a conscience and found what used to be called "ethics" and "integrity".Nearly had me there.
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