#massstarvation — Public Fediverse posts
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Vijay Prashad: Let the Sudanese Walk To Peace
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/21/vijay-prashad-let-the-sudanese-walk-to-peace/
Backed by foreign powers, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in a bloody war with devastating consequences for the Sudanese people. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In early November, United Nations Secretary-General António…
#Politics #AntiColonialism #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights #International #Opinion #Sudan #AbrahamAccords #AfricanUnion #ClimateChange #Desertification #Droughts #GeneralAbdelFattahAlBurhan #Gold #InternationalPeoplesAssembly #LieutenantGeneralMohamed“hemedti”HamdanDagalo #MassDisplacement #MassStarvation #PanAfricanism #PresidentOmarAlBashir #Privatization #RapidSupportForces(rsf) #SaudiMaternityHospital #SudaneseArmedForces #Tricontinental:InstituteForSocialResearch #VijayPrashad -
Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/hedges-report-un-members-complicit-in-genocide/
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…
#Politics #Egypt #Gaza #Germany #Icc #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #Israel #Legal #Palestine #Sudan #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #U.s.Congress #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #Airbnb #Amazon #Article51 #Booking.com #Boycott.DivestmentAndSanctions(bds) #ChrisHedges #GazaCeasefire #Gaza.Genocide #GreaterIsrael #InternationalLaw #IsraeliTradeAndInvestment #MassStarvation #TheChrisHedgesReport #U.n.Charter #UnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurOnTheOccupiedPalestinianTerritoriesFrancescaAlbanese -
Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/hedges-report-un-members-complicit-in-genocide/
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…
#Politics #Egypt #Gaza #Germany #Icc #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #Israel #Legal #Palestine #Sudan #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #U.s.Congress #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #Airbnb #Amazon #Article51 #Booking.com #Boycott.DivestmentAndSanctions(bds) #ChrisHedges #GazaCeasefire #Gaza.Genocide #GreaterIsrael #InternationalLaw #IsraeliTradeAndInvestment #MassStarvation #TheChrisHedgesReport #U.n.Charter #UnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurOnTheOccupiedPalestinianTerritoriesFrancescaAlbanese -
Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/hedges-report-un-members-complicit-in-genocide/
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…
#Politics #Egypt #Gaza #Germany #Icc #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #Israel #Legal #Palestine #Sudan #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #U.s.Congress #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #Airbnb #Amazon #Article51 #Booking.com #Boycott.DivestmentAndSanctions(bds) #ChrisHedges #GazaCeasefire #Gaza.Genocide #GreaterIsrael #InternationalLaw #IsraeliTradeAndInvestment #MassStarvation #TheChrisHedgesReport #U.n.Charter #UnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurOnTheOccupiedPalestinianTerritoriesFrancescaAlbanese -
Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/hedges-report-un-members-complicit-in-genocide/
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…
#Politics #Egypt #Gaza #Germany #Icc #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #Israel #Legal #Palestine #Sudan #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #U.s.Congress #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #Airbnb #Amazon #Article51 #Booking.com #Boycott.DivestmentAndSanctions(bds) #ChrisHedges #GazaCeasefire #Gaza.Genocide #GreaterIsrael #InternationalLaw #IsraeliTradeAndInvestment #MassStarvation #TheChrisHedgesReport #U.n.Charter #UnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurOnTheOccupiedPalestinianTerritoriesFrancescaAlbanese -
Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/hedges-report-un-members-complicit-in-genocide/
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…
#Politics #Egypt #Gaza #Germany #Icc #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #Israel #Legal #Palestine #Sudan #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #U.s.Congress #UnitedNations #WarCrimes #Airbnb #Amazon #Article51 #Booking.com #Boycott.DivestmentAndSanctions(bds) #ChrisHedges #GazaCeasefire #Gaza.Genocide #GreaterIsrael #InternationalLaw #IsraeliTradeAndInvestment #MassStarvation #TheChrisHedgesReport #U.n.Charter #UnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurOnTheOccupiedPalestinianTerritoriesFrancescaAlbanese -
Jane Arraf was interviewed by NPRScottSimon:
"A week after the Gaza ceasefire, Israel's new restrictions are keeping desperately needed aid out":
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/18/nx-s1-5576391/the-latest-on-the-gaza-ceasefire-one-week-later
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"Public polling makes clear that generational change is coming that is set to reshape U.S. policy toward Israel in fundamental ways. On both the left and the right, young Americans are growing more skeptical of offering unconditional U.S. support to Israel, particularly as the death toll in Gaza rises":
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/29/us-israel-relations-youth-00578109?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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"A new survey showed 62% of German voters believe Israeli actions in Gaza constitute genocide, putting increasing pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to reassess its stance toward Israel":
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250923-most-germans-view-israels-actions-in-gaza-as-genocide-survey/
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Joy Reid was a popular television host on MSNBC. They fired her, maybe to try to appease Donald Trump. Now Joy Reid can be found on Substack, YouTube, TikTok, and podcasts. She recently said that Joe Biden's position on Gaza "sunk Kamala Harris" resulting in the re-election of Trump. Kamala Harris had as extreme and inhuman position on Gaza as #GenocideJoe Biden had.
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"The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israeli-strikes-kill-31-gaza-international-scholars-accuse-israel-genocide_n_68b5ac62e4b03cbc5dee8acd
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Editorial: "Israel’s Gaza Media Ban Is Indefensible":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/opinion/israel-gaza-media-journalists-ban.html
"Thanks to social media and the work of those brave Palestinian journalists, people can see the mass killing, severe hunger and wholesale destruction in Gaza, and it has prompted an outcry."
#media #Israel #WarCrimes #MassStarvation #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"More than 200 protesters occupied the lobby of Sen. Alex Padilla’s San Francisco office Wednesday — and 138 were arrested as they demanded that he vote against supplying arms to Israel and called for an end to the Gaza war":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/protesters-storm-sen-padilla-s-s-f-office-21016997.php
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"Pope Leo XIV joined other religious leaders again calling for a cease-fire in Israel's war in Gaza with Hamas, and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to end its collective punishment of Palestinians":
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/08/27/Vatican-Israel-Greece-Pope-Leo-Orthodox-church-Gaza-cease-fire-patriarchs-peace-war-Netanyahu/2901756303334/
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"As Israel’s tactics in Gaza have increasingly provoked international condemnation, rabbis from across the world are taking the unusual step of speaking out against the Israeli government’s conduct in the war, on moral and religious grounds":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/rabbis-gaza.html
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I made no secret of my total lack of respect for greedy, stupid DNC Chair Ken Martin. Now he sunk to a new low. He is fighting against a resolution in the Democratic National Committee that supports banning weapons for Israel, in response to Israel's deadly policy of mass starvation. Most Democrats in the Senate are for this but Ken Martin seems to prefer Israel's policy of genocide:
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/15/dnc-chair-israel-arms-weapons-gaza/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
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Ben Rhodes: "When #Israel, as a matter of policy, blocks food and aid from reaching a besieged population, children starve to death. What's truly strange is trying to shame people for reporting that."
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"Hundreds of thousands turned out for an evening demonstration in Tel Aviv following a national day of protest ... calling on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an immediate truce with Hamas to free hostages held in Gaza":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/middleeast/israel-rallies-labor-strike.html
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"In 2025, the political tide has turned against Israel. This is evident on the global stage, but it is definitely true within the United States as well. A broad spectrum of countries and politicians across the world are now accusing the state of #Israel of committing #genocide in #Gaza. Even some Israelis are using the term":
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/08/16/israel-criticism-americans-gaza-shift-00506649
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"House Minority Whip Katherine Clark referred to Israel's war in Gaza as a #genocide during an event in her district on Thursday, according to a video clip obtained by Axios":
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/israel-gaza-genocide-katherine-clark-democrat
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"Buttigieg discovers Dems’ 2028 litmus test: Israel" after he was asked:
"When your friend kills 60,000 people and starves an entire population
for months at a time, shouldn’t the question be:
Why the fuck am I friends with this guy?”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/14/2028-democrats-israel-gaza-litmus-test-00508934
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Many people who believed that "Israel has a right to exist" are starting to understand that if Israel cannot exist without committing #genocide, #MassStarvation, and #MassMurder, then Israel no longer has a right to exist. No nation has a right to commit genocide.
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I always watch and often enjoy Stephen Colbert's television show #LSSC. His recent interview of Kamala Harris was unfortunate because he never asked her about Gaza, even though Israel's use of mass starvation to kill innocent Palestinians is in the news. Days later, Stephen Colbert was much better during his interview of Sen. Elissa Slotkin where they had a serious discussion of Gaza.
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The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is usually an apologist for the Nazi-like government of Israel, but even Huckabee called the death of a 20-year-old Palestinian-American "a murder and a criminal and terrorist act.” I agree with him about this crime:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/world/middleeast/huckabee-west-bank-musallet-killing.html
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Zaid Jilani: "Sen. Jon Ossoff took brave votes against certain arms sales to #Israel. He took a lot of flack for those votes, but he stood by his position. Now, he’s being applauded by Georgians as public opinion shifts on the issue."
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"Famine did not come to Gaza as an inevitable side effect of war. It came because of a decision in March by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block international agencies from delivering aid."
~ Tom Malinowski
#Gaza #Israel #starvation #MassStarvation #genocide #Netanhayu
/6https://contrarian.substack.com/p/americans-must-speak-out-on-the-famine
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Robert Reich cites Orit Kamir, whose mother was starved in the Lvov ghetto in Poland under Nazi occupation, but who survived starvation while seeing others die from it:
"The Israeli public's silence is a betrayal not only of the entire world of values it claims to hold; it is an absolute betrayal of Holocaust victims, in whose name we demanded a state for ourselves where we could ensure our existence."
#Gaza #Israel #starvation #MassStarvation #genocide
/5https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
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Zeteo offers a list of US politicians, nations, and organizations that have identified Israel’s genocide as a genocide.
#Gaza #Israel #starvation #MassStarvation #genocide
/4https://zeteo.com/p/who-says-israel-committing-genocide-gaza-list-politicians-countries
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Founders of the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network Taner Akçam, Marianne Hirsch, and Michael Rothberg speak out:
"The emergency is in front of us. And yet, some prominent scholars of the Holocaust continue to engage in open denialism or outright approval of mass atrocities perpetrated by Israel. ...
We are determined to challenge this moral and political capitulation."
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“'Mounting evidence shows widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,' the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert said. 'The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.'"
~ Emma Graham-Harrison
#Gaza #Israel #starvation #MassStarvation #genocide
/2https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/famine-gaza-israel-war-starvation-hunger
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"Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, has said vast quantities of aid urgently needs to be allowed into Gaza at a much greater volume to 'prevent mass starvation'."
~ Yohannes Lowe
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#Merz calls on #Netanyahu to provide aid to #Gaza’s ‘starving’ civilians
Germany's chancellor urged the pursuit of an immediate #ceasefire during a phone call with the Israeli prime minister.
July 27, 2025
FRANKFURT: "Germany’s chancellor on Sunday called on Israel’s prime minister to quickly provide aid to 'starving' civilians in Gaza, in a phone call between the two leaders."Chancellor Friedrich Merz 'expressed his deep concern about the catastrophic #humanitarian situation in Gaza,' said a government statement.
" 'He called on Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu to do everything in his power to achieve an immediate ceasefire. He urged him to provide the starving civilian population in Gaza with urgently needed humanitarian aid now. This aid must reach the civilian population quickly, safely, and in the required quantities.' "
#GazaAid #HumanitarianCrisis #MassStarvation #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Genocide #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol #gazahumanitariancrisis #TheWorldIsWatching
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#UK, #Germany, #France call for immediate ceasefire in #Gaza
Leaders held an emergency call on Gaza Friday.
By Nadine El-Bawab and Shannon K. Kingston
July 25, 2025" 'The #humanitarian catastrophe that we are witnessing in Gaza must end now. The most basic needs of the civilian population, including access to water and food, must be met without any further delay. Withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable,' the countries said in a joint statement."
#GazaAid #HumanitarianCrisis #MassStarvation #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Genocide #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol #gazahumanitariancrisis #TheWorldIsWatching
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#UK, #Canada and 26 other countries say the war in #Gaza ‘must end now’
By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS
Updated 10:17 PM EDT, July 21, 2025LONDON (AP) — "Twenty-eight countries including #Britain, #Japan and a host of European nations issued a joint statement Monday saying the war in Gaza 'must end now' — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as #Israel’s isolation deepens.
"The foreign ministers of countries also including #Australia and #Canada said 'the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths.' They condemned 'the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.'
"The statement described as “horrifying” the recent deaths of over 800 #Palestinians who were seeking aid, according to the figures released by Gaza’s Health Ministry and the U.N. #HumanRights office.
" 'The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives #Gazans of human dignity,' the countries said. 'The Israeli government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international #humanitarian law.' "
Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-israel-hamas-war-gaza-e4062cffa9585790061105236a93d8e5
#GazaAid #HumanitarianCrisis #MassStarvation #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Genocide #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol #gazahumanitariancrisis #TheWorldIsWatching -
Boo hiss! Israel Seizes #AidFlotilla Bringing #BabyFormula, #Medicine to #Gaza
The United Nations said this week the #Famine in Gaza has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"A civilian ship carrying aid to #Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the #FreedomFlotillaCoalition confirmed.
"The #HandalaFlotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat was intercepted 'in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.'
" 'Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala,' Ann Wright, a member of the #FreedomFlotilla’s steering committee, said in a statement. 'This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end.'
"This week, the United Nations’ World Food Program said the famine in Gaza has reached 'new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.' According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there have been 40 hunger-related deaths this month.
"More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups have warned of a '#MassStarvation' across Gaza."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w7OPc#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FamineRelief #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Handala #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol
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Boo hiss! Israel Seizes #AidFlotilla Bringing #BabyFormula, #Medicine to #Gaza
The United Nations said this week the #Famine in Gaza has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"A civilian ship carrying aid to #Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the #FreedomFlotillaCoalition confirmed.
"The #HandalaFlotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat was intercepted 'in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.'
" 'Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala,' Ann Wright, a member of the #FreedomFlotilla’s steering committee, said in a statement. 'This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end.'
"This week, the United Nations’ World Food Program said the famine in Gaza has reached 'new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.' According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there have been 40 hunger-related deaths this month.
"More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups have warned of a '#MassStarvation' across Gaza."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w7OPc#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FamineRelief #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Handala #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol
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Boo hiss! Israel Seizes #AidFlotilla Bringing #BabyFormula, #Medicine to #Gaza
The United Nations said this week the #Famine in Gaza has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"A civilian ship carrying aid to #Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the #FreedomFlotillaCoalition confirmed.
"The #HandalaFlotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat was intercepted 'in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.'
" 'Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala,' Ann Wright, a member of the #FreedomFlotilla’s steering committee, said in a statement. 'This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end.'
"This week, the United Nations’ World Food Program said the famine in Gaza has reached 'new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.' According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there have been 40 hunger-related deaths this month.
"More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups have warned of a '#MassStarvation' across Gaza."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w7OPc#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FamineRelief #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Handala #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol
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Boo hiss! Israel Seizes #AidFlotilla Bringing #BabyFormula, #Medicine to #Gaza
The United Nations said this week the #Famine in Gaza has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"A civilian ship carrying aid to #Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the #FreedomFlotillaCoalition confirmed.
"The #HandalaFlotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat was intercepted 'in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.'
" 'Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala,' Ann Wright, a member of the #FreedomFlotilla’s steering committee, said in a statement. 'This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end.'
"This week, the United Nations’ World Food Program said the famine in Gaza has reached 'new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.' According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there have been 40 hunger-related deaths this month.
"More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups have warned of a '#MassStarvation' across Gaza."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w7OPc#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FamineRelief #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Handala #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol
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Boo hiss! Israel Seizes #AidFlotilla Bringing #BabyFormula, #Medicine to #Gaza
The United Nations said this week the #Famine in Gaza has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"A civilian ship carrying aid to #Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the #FreedomFlotillaCoalition confirmed.
"The #HandalaFlotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat was intercepted 'in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.'
" 'Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala,' Ann Wright, a member of the #FreedomFlotilla’s steering committee, said in a statement. 'This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end.'
"This week, the United Nations’ World Food Program said the famine in Gaza has reached 'new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.' According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there have been 40 hunger-related deaths this month.
"More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups have warned of a '#MassStarvation' across Gaza."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/w7OPc#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #FamineRelief #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #EndTheGenocide #Handala #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #InternationalLaw #WorldPol
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@DoomsdaysCW When BBC articles consistently report on this slaughter without providing their audience any reference to the settled judgements of #InternationalLaw on the matter, or to the settled patterns of #IDF mendacity and criminality, or the context of #occupation, #apartheid, #MassStarvation and #ForcedDisplacement, how is this not subtly normalising violence against Palestinians?
When the BBC provides* each Israeli victim of Palestinian violence (overwhelmingly active combatants) thirty-three times more coverage than each Palestinian victim of Israeli violence (overwhelmingly non-combatants), when it frames the occupied as the aggressor, when it completely fails to mention the extensive public statements by senior Israeli government and military figures that are prima facie incitements to #genocide and/or #EthnicCleansing, when the BBC displays a clear pattern of humanising Israeli victims in ways not (generally) extended to Palestine victims, then how is the BBC coverage as a whole not an implicit endorsement of violence?
*According to a recent detailed and comprehensive study of BBC coverage of the violence in Palestine since 7th Oct 2023 by the UK's Centre for Media Monitoring, summarised here: https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/why-bbc-editors-must-one-day-stand
Full report here: https://cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CfMM-report-2023-24-ePDF-1.pdf.
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Call for wildlife carers to be paid
"Wildlife carers say grey-headed flying foxes are "amazing creatures" — but the species is dying at an alarming rate, and they're running out of volunteers to help save them."
"Wildlife carers overwhelmed as grey-headed flying foxes experience mass starvation down Australia's east coast. Last month, more than 200 flying foxes died in Sydney on a single day, when the temperature hit 40 degrees Celsius."
"...The only way out of this is to turn animal caring into a profession and pay people to work at it, then we'd actually be able to keep people in the group."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-07/grey-headed-flying-foxes-mass-starvation-wildlife-carer-shortage/103284832
#bats #GreyDeadedFlyingFoxes #pollination #SeedDispersers #wildlife #starvation #MassStarvation #powerlines #volunteers #WildlifeVolunteers #biodiversity -
Thousands of bats likely wiped out after soaring temperatures smash starving colonies
"A perfect storm of deadly events has seen bats die at every colony across NSW. High branches around NSW have been left littered with the bodies of dead grey-headed flying fox pups after soaring temperatures above 40 degrees coincided with a mass starvation event. While rescuers were able to capture dozens of dying animals and take them into care, hundreds, possibly thousands, are believed to have died.">>
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thousands-of-bats-likely-wiped-out-after-soaring-temperatures-smash-starving-colonies-050503250.html
#pollinators #bats #GreyHeadedFlyingFoxes #MassStarvation #FossilFuels #ClimateExtremes