Friday will mark the third day running that hundreds of Israeli protesters have blocked vital humanitarian aid from passing through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing into Gaza. The protesters stood in front of trucks packed with aid chanting slogans against the delivery of any aid into the besieged Palestinian enclave. Aside from denying aid to suffering Gazans, the protests have international ramifications, with the US demanding that aid is delivered via Karem Abu Salem “without interruption”. Across the media, the protesters were described as “the families of hostages” and “…