The international charity group Oxfam has said Israel is using starvation as a “weapon of war” against Palestinian civilians living in Gaza, as barely any food is being delivered to the besieged enclave.
Gaza has been under blockade since 2007, and Israel imposed a “total siege” on October 9, cutting off all food, fuel, and medicine. A limited number of aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza from Egypt recently, but Oxfam said only 2% of the food that was previously delivered is going in.
“The international agency analyzed UN data and found that just 2% of food that would have been delivered has entered Gaza since the total siege,” Oxfam said in a press release. “While a small amount of food aid has been allowed in, no commercial food imports have been delivered.”
Oxfam said that prior to the total siege, 104 trucks a day delivered food to Gaza. Since the weekend, 62 trucks have been allowed to enter Gaza through Egypt, but only 30 were carrying food.
“The situation is nothing short of horrific—where is humanity? Millions of civilians are being collectively punished in full view of the world. There can be no justification for using starvation as a weapon of war,” said Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam’s Middle East director.
Oxfam said Gaza is also virtually out of clean water, making some of the food that has been let in, such as rice and lentils, useless since people do not have clean water or fuel to prepare them. The group said Israeli airstrikes have hit bakeries and supermarkets, further straining the food supply. The electricity blackout and lack of fuel have also disrupted the supply of food.
Sorry Palestine but that siege knows no boundaries…
Can you imagine the outcry in the US and other places if the wicked Russians did thev same to the fascist Ukrainians? Talk about double standards.
I love you Donna but this shit is depressing. One of the reasons that weed is being made legal is to stone masses of young people so they won’t have the will or energy to organize. An additional benefit is Incorporation of profits taking then businessn offb the street and doubling the price.
They are not using starvation as a weapon of war, they are using it as a weapon of genocide.
That ain’t all. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-exclusive-israel-will-flood-hamas-tunnels-nerve-gas-under-delta-force-supervision
I saw that. But I’m not sure that it is credible information. Even if it is, the proposal is non-lethal.
What a friggen surprise. The US and Israel are capable of anything from Genocide to the use of Nuclear weapons.
Joe Biden and Ben Netanyahu are capable of anything from genocide to the use of nuclear weapons. Despite their extensive control over mass media, I am not convinced that either leader has majority support of their own constituencies.
I remind anyone who will listen that 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 with Russia or China or the Palestinians until Joe Biden set foot in the Oval Office.
But there is no “armed conflict” by USM, that’s the ‘genius’ of it. And Israel isn’t even a “conflict”, but simply an indiscriminate slaughter.
For Syria, Ukraine, Taiwan, Bosnia, the color revolution countries, and others the formula of financing revolution to implement regime change worked well for the US. But Biden has put our own people in harms way with this one.
Also, he may have started World War 3. If Russia or Iran interpret, even accidentally, a missile launch from one of our carriers as an attack on their people, those ships could become be sitting ducks.
Oh, I completely agree, my point went rather to the language they use to construct a specious narrative, … e.g., Adm Kirby calling the indiscriminate slaughter of trapped and defenseless people “combat”.
I admire your tale of hope for our survival but I don’t feel that it is in the cards. we have had a decent run but it is coming to and end shortly.
Oh Sounds like what Russia is doing to Ukraine which you all support
But i get it. You just side with the anti US side.
Speaking of being anti-US. This is what retired American soldier Don Julio said:
“And yes, i’m against US invasion of all previous wars.”
Gaza is an open prison isolated and being starved… but the countries that would be totally isolated from the rest of the world is US and Israhell…! Unfortunately they’re both sleep to realize it…!
People everywhere suffer from the wickedness of their rulers.
Gaza is a ghetto in the worst sense of that word.
“The ghettos revived by the Nazis during World War II were merely overcrowded holding places that served as preliminaries to extermination.”. Britannica.com
A great source for the truth: https://youtu.be/iw90ggtgROE?si=2WEfqz0vbWWwdeJB
One small nuke would solve Israels problem depending on which way the wind was blowing. it is pretty clear they would have no issue with killing Arabs.
Trouble is, even a SCUD tipped with a “poor man’s nuke” is easily within the capability of all the resistance elements.
If by the “resistance elements” you mean e.g. Hamas and Hezbollah, it’s doubtful they’d be interested. They don’t need that kind of range, nor are they likely interested i all the headaches that go with a primitive 5-7 ton truck-launched missile. Hamas has Fajr-5s, and Hezbollah probably has heavier stuff, all of which could carry “dirty bomb” payloads and all of which has all of Israel in range from e.g. Gaza or the Lebanese border area.
i don’t see that as a problem.
A true lover of peace.
“Israel Using Starvation as ‘Weapon of War’ Against Gaza Civilians,” because “Israel Has The Right To Defend Itself” reminds me of:
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isa. 5:20.) It’s “evil good” they don’t read the Bible.
I don’t read the bible, but it sounds Orwellian, if you ask me.
100%. So does this Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” EXCEPT IF YOU ARE PALESTINIAN, SYRIAN, AMERICAN INDIAN, VIETNAMESE, RUSSIAN, ETC.
Or not rich.
My bad. Yes!! Rich enough to own slaves.
So does the Constitution only apply to rich white folks?
Israel and the US have modeled themselves after colonial barbarians of western Europe.
How can decent humans hinder corporatist western governments?
It is readily apparent that we have not done that
Yes. Readily apparent. So we quit doing old hat. Organize to create a more perfect union, Reward? When a certain critical mass of people can see a better way that also looks mire fun, Reality will change. The observer affects the outcome. It’s physics.
They’ve corrupted all of our institutions, cultural, political, military, and financial, making it almost impossible. Usually it would call for a general strike, but their Ministry of Truth has been so effective that even it could get by the censor algorithem, very few would be able to understand the need.
Nah, probably after the colonial barbarians of Russia that you US haters support so much.
Hypocrites.
I was born in the USA. Being disgusted by liars and cheats running the central planning of corporatism designed to give breaks to the rich has no relationship with hating the US. Like I said, I was born in the USA and I expect it to take the high road instead of sneaky wars on weaker countries to steal their wealth for already rich totalitarian pirates wearing expensive suits.
So much for the golden rule.
Gaza borders two countries, Israel and Egypt. It totally understandable why Israel cut supplies going to
Gaza from Israel. But why is Egypt (an Arab nation) limiting shipments into Gaza?
Presumably it’s just the long-term Arab policy at work — make sure the Palestinians stay behind barbed wire so they can be used as anti-Israel props. It’s not just Egypt. Jordan has 90% of Palestine but would rather see Palestinians scrapping with Israel over the other 10% than just invite them all to the uncontested part.
But Israel controls that Egyptian crossing too.
The Israeli regime controls that crossing because the Egyptian regime allows it to control that crossing.
The word is regime. If the regime tries anything that Contradicts Israeli dictates the regime might last as it wishes.
Are you saying the Palestinians should allow themselves to be expelled from their own country?
Not even a little. Explaining why Egypt and other states don’t want them is not the same thing as saying they should go to those places.
Jordan accepted refugees from 1947-67, it has over 2 million registered Palestinian refugees, over 300K in refugee camps.
Jordan and Egypt seem to have the crazy idea Israel wants to force a permanent expulsion of Palestinians into their countries. It might not be so crazy after all given Israel refused to allow to their eturn after the ’48 war and continues to reject return as part of a peace deal. If there’re no Palestinians in Palestine, there can be no Palestine state now can there?
Why should those 300k Palestinians be in refugee camps? They’re Palestinians, and Jordan is part of Palestine.
Jordan hasn’t been part of Palestine since the victors divvied up the spoils, and resolved or reneged on all it’s promises, at the end of WW1.
Palestine is a region. Jordan has been part of that region since prior to the fight over the rest of that region.
If you’re referring to the state of Palestine, which is recognized by most of the world’s other regimes and is a UN observer state and ICC member state, then I agree that the Jordanian regime should return the parts of that state (its borders are defined in UNR 181) that it has under occupation.
Egypt or Jordan cannot do any thing without the approval of Israel and the United States. If they try to deliver food aid without Israel’s approval , aid convoy will be bombed.
“ Israel approved Egypt delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza on Wednesday shortly after President Joe Biden arrived and the U.S. and other countries applied pressure to allow the aid, reports say”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/18/israel-approves-egyptian-humanitarian-aid-for-gaza-after-biden-applied-pressure/amp/
But, but they warned them to move south. They had choices. Bombed to smithereens or starvation.