Let’s not kid ourselves. Israel’s heightened efforts to guarantee that humanitarian aid reaches the residents of Gaza without falling into the hands of Hamas aren’t going to put a dent in the “purposeful starvation” propaganda campaign.

We don’t have to look far for evidence that this is the case. Take Israel’s exposing of the false depiction of certain children in the Strip with congenital diseases as victims of the “Israel-imposed famine,” for instance.

Revealing the truth behind the viral photos and front-page fabrications hasn’t stopped mainstream media outlets, including Israeli ones, from perpetuating the lie. Nor has it prevented European leaders from finger-wagging at Israel.