The west’s empty words about the starvation in Gaza

 

“Every single person in Gaza is starving”

The Israeli blockade of aid has caused a hunger crisis in Gaza and is condemning a growing number of its people to death by starvation. Nonetheless, Palestinian journalists are risking their lives to expose what Western media often softens or obscures: the use of starvation as a tool of genocide.

The Gaza war reporters who are suffering alongside the rest of the population

We only know about the situation in Gaza thanks in no small part to the work of Palestinian journalists working on the ground. Israel does not allow foreign journalists to enter Gaza, except on tightly controlled embeds alongside Israeli troops. For that reason, global media heavily rely on local reporters. But like the rest of the people in Gaza, they too are affected by aid shortages.

‘Outrageous’: Israeli parliament approves bill to ban UNRWA

 The agency for Palestinian refugees, considered a lifeline for Gaza, has been under Israeli attacks since the war began last year.

The Israeli parliament has approved a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considered a lifeline for Gaza, from operating on Israeli territory and areas under Israel’s control.

The legislation, which will not take effect immediately, risks collapsing the already fragile aid distribution process at a moment when the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening and Israel is under increased pressure to allow in aid supplies.

Israeli generals' plan

The plan, conceived by retired major general and former head of the National Security Council Giora Eiland and presented to the Knesset by a group of several retired Israeli generals, proposed giving approximately 300,000 Palestinians a one-week evacuation period to depart from the northern third of Gaza before designating it a military exclusion zone. Under this strategy, anyone remaining in the area would be considered a combatant. The plan would then implement a complete siege that would block essential supplies until militant surrender, denying all essential supplies including medicine, fuel, food, and water, representing a radical shift in Israeli military strategy for northern Gaza.^[1][2]

Will Israel be allowed to continue its Gaza starvation strategy?

US Senator Chris Van Hollen says it is time for the Biden administration to tell Israel, “If you continue to ignore us, there will be consequences.”

Climate change fuels drought, starvation worldwide | DW News

 

Six years ago, the UN set the goal of ending world hunger by 2030. Back then it seemed like an attainable target, but not anymore. It's now estimated that over 800 million people around the world do not have enough to eat. The island of Madagascar is facing a famine that the UN says is caused by climate change.

Colombians starve as funds to combat COVID-19 crisis embezzled

Colombia’s government has announced that its lockdown will be extended for another two weeks until May 11. The country has so far managed to slow the rise of infections but already has more than 4,000 cases and almost 200 deaths. But, as Al Jazeera's Alessandro Rampietti reports, people are going hungry in Bogota. With the local and the national government struggling to reach all those in need, many have resorted to hanging red rags from their windows to signal they need help.

Syrian starvation: Is there any hope left?

UN World Food Programme says 40,000 Syrians are facing starvation with at least 23 already succumbing to hunger.



As the war in Syria enters its fifth year - with no signs of the fighting coming to an end - millions are struggling to survive.

This week a series of strong storms blanketed much of the country in snow. Syrians living in towns and villages - besieged by government forces and their allies - are facing starvation.

The blockade of the town of Madaya near the Lebanese border, in particular, has become a focal issue for Syrian opposition leaders.

They told the United Nations envoy this week they won't take part in talks with the government until the siege there and in other areas is lifted.