Okay besties, let’s be clear: we live in an age where you can literally get oat milk in orbit and WiFi on a ski lift. So like… why are children in Gaza starving to death in garbage-bag diapers? This is Valley Girl news reporting live from a Sephora parking lot near an emotional breakdown.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney just got real about it. This week, he said the suffering in Gaza is “intolerable”—and honestly? That’s the understatement of the century. In the same breath, he made history: Canada is now ready to recognize Palestine as a state. Yep, that happened.
This crisis didn’t start yesterday. Since October 7, 2023, after Hamas’s violent attacks on Israel and Israel’s devastating military response, Gaza has become a place of rubble, grief, and growing famine. For literal months—March to May—no humanitarian aid got in. Why? Because Israel banned the UN agency UNRWA, accusing some of its workers of being involved in Oct. 7. Then came the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a shiny new solution backed by Israel and the U.S.—but like, it flopped hard. People were killed just trying to reach food. And some bad actors started selling donated food at grossly inflated prices. The result? Starvation. Actual, medieval, unjust, lethal starvation.
And while babies with bones sticking out of their skin are going viral, the internet is drowning in “But what about…” takes:
- But what about Hamas?
- But what about the hostage crisis?
- But what about the kid’s pre-existing condition?
- But what about pressure on other regimes?
Girl. No. Just—no.
None of that justifies what we’re seeing now: a crisis of food, medicine, and basic survival. “When we turned them into a bargaining chip, we harmed ourselves.” Said the public health queen at Ben-Gurion University. And yes, she’s Israeli.
Former PM Ehud Barak is literally calling for massive nonviolent civil disobedience in Israel. The Union for Reform Judaism also just dropped a moral truth bomb: “Blocking food, water, medicine, and power—especially for children—is indefensible.”
So like, let’s be adults. Recognizing Palestine doesn’t mean ignoring Hamas’s crimes. It means stepping into a bigger moral truth. It means telling every starving kid in Gaza “the world still sees you”. And if you care about Israel’s long-term existence? This war is a PR nightmare that threatens its future as a democracy.
That’s why more than 170 Canadian diplomats, including Jon Allen (Canada’s former ambassador to Israel), signed a letter calling for Canada to recognize Palestine. “It sends a signal,” Allen said, “that the two-state solution is the only way forward. And that Netanyahu’s policies are totally unacceptable.”
Still, reactions in Canada were like, totally divided:
- NCCM (the National Council of Canadian Muslims) called it “historic.” They said it’s a domestic emergency too—like, actual Canadians are trying to evacuate loved ones from Gaza right now.
- The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs? Not feeling it. They said this move rewards terrorists and weakens peace.
- The Conservatives? Full stop. They say this hands a win to Hamas and derails any real two-state solution.
Still, Carney’s Canada joins a growing list of countries that have finally recognized Palestinian statehood. As in, it’s not edgy anymore—it’s overdue.
And you don’t have to be pro-Hamas (ew, don’t) to be anti-starvation. You can love Israel and say: “Children should not be dying for optics.” You can fear antisemitism and still scream: “THIS. IS. NOT. OKAY.”
So yeah. Maybe this isn’t a TikTok trend or a fashion week thing. But it’s the moral moment of our generation. And we better show up.
Because like, if we can 3D-print meat and grow microgreens on Mars, but we can’t feed a hungry child in Gaza? Then honestly, what are we even doing?
XOXO,
Valley Girl News
We pledge allegiance to the snack aisle—but not while kids are literally starving.
