Chris Brown’s June 11 CBC News article entitled: “Israel appears to believe its war goals are getting closer as Gaza teeters on brink of starvation” threw suspicion on the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)’s efforts to feed the people of Gaza.

Brown wrote that: “a new analysis by the Crisis Group, an NGO that studies global conflicts, concludes that Israel’s military has turned Gaza into a giant ‘experiment in starvation’ and is creating conditions for the forced displacement of its population by keeping people fed just enough to stay alive, but hungry enough to rebel against Hamas.”

Their faith in Israel’s ability to so precisely feed Gazans ought to raise an eyebrow. Additionally, the Crisis Group has a history of anti-Israel bias, which Brown didn’t mention, given that, according to NGO Monitor, the group “opposes the policy of “trying to isolate and topple Hamas,”, including other anti-Israel opinions. Brown’s omission of the group’s strident anti-Israel worldview is telling.

Brown continued by writing that “more than 110 people have been killed at, or near, aid distribution sites in Gaza. Some, it appears, were shot by Israeli soldiers; others by unknown gunmen.”

Brown did not reference Israel’s rebuttal that their forces only fired warning shots in the air, with IDF spokesperson Ellie Defrin saying, “Hamas disseminates false information, which is unfortunately taken by some international media without verification.”

Brown likewise curiously ignored the Gazan GHF staff killed and taken hostage by Hamas, despite which the GHF has continued their aid deliveries.

Brown did write: “In recent statements, Israel’s military has indicated it believes its tactics have weakened the militant group’s grip on the territory, as evidenced by the willingness of Palestinians to ignore Hamas directives not to take food boxes from the GHF”. This would have been an excellent segue into explaining that Hamas is a terror group with genocidal aims towards Israel and that while Israel is trying to uproot this existential threat, they are also trying to mitigate harm to the Palestinian population.

In addition to providing aid through the GHF, Israel has truckloads of aid for the UN to collect that they often leave waiting at the Kerem Shalom crossing, warns residents before a military operation, and even buys them tents themselves.

All the while, Hamas jeopardizes Gazans by using them as human shields, such as by firing from Shifa hospital, building a control and command centers underneath the European Hospital, yet not building even one civilian bomb shelter. Brown didn’t share this important context.

Brown did state that Israeli “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed that Hamas was stealing or diverting vast quantities of food aid, a claim that international agencies say is overstated.” Interesting that they do not deny it. Brown did not specify that Hamas was looting the aid to fund terror.

Yet he did continue by saying “a collection of Western aid agencies have accused Israel of using the GHF to deliberately herd Palestinians out of their homes in order to be closer to the aid distribution centres, where it will be easier to move them out of Gaza permanently.”

Brown’s link for this is to ReliefWeb, a UN-based and funded organization that NGO Monitor criticized, writing: “many of the reports on Arab-Israeli issues are copied directly from biased NGOs pursuing an anti-Israel agenda.  As a result, ReliefWeb should also be viewed as biased and unreliable.” Yet again, Brown neglected to provide this context.

Brown’s piece de la resistance is his inclusion of a photo of Gazan Najwa Hajjaj, who suffered from an “esophageal condition that has been made worse because she couldn’t get the specially prepared meals she needs,” an inclusion which is so atypical in reality and yet so emblematic of news coverage. Brown did not include that Jordan is trying to evacuate her to provide for her medical needs and that Israel has already evacuated a number of sick Gazans to assist them.

Unsurprisingly, the photo credit is given to “Mohamed El Saife/CBC” who has shared extremist views about Israel online, yet CBC News continues to use his services.

For the umpteenth time, Chris Brown has written an article demonstrating an anti-Israel bias. He is nothing if not consistent.