Even before Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza, 97 percent of the water in the sole coastal aquifer of Gaza was already unsafe for human consumption, writes Vijay Prashad.
How Israel Weaponizes Water
Tag: starvation
ICJ Issues New Order in Genocide Case Against Israel
The World Court cited “exceptionally grave” developments, especially the “spread of famine and starvation,” in once again ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza.
Chris Hedges: Israel’s Trojan Horse
The “temporary pier” being built on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza is not there to alleviate the famine, but to herd Palestinians onto ships and into permanent exile.
Shielding the Nation Starving Gaza
The editors of The New York Times know exactly what they’re doing when they cover Israel’s deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians as though it’s a weather report, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Conquest, War, Famine & Death
No humanitarian relief program for Gaza is possible in the short run without UNRWA’s full partnership, writes Vijay Prashad. Anything else is a public relations sham.
South Africa Urgently Appeals to ICJ on Gaza Famine
Describing the situation in Gaza as “now so terrifying as to be unspeakable,” Pretoria is asking the World Court to take further measures to stop Israel’s genocide.
US Again Vetoes UN Cease-Fire Resolution
Algeria’s ambassador, who brought the resolution, said Washington’s lone opposing vote should be understood as “approval of starvation as a means of war against hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.”
Chris Hedges: Let Them Eat Dirt
The Nazis in 1942 systematically starved the 500,000 men, women and children in the Warsaw Ghetto. This is a number Israel intends to exceed.
Israel’s Claims Against UN Relief Agency Lack Evidence
The Daily Beast also obtained a copy of the Israeli dossier and —similar to Channel 4 — reported Tuesday that it “includes little evidence to back up” Israel’s allegations against UNRWA employees.
An Anniversary the West Would Rather Forget
M.K. Bhadrakumar raises the contemporary relevance of the Nazi effort to exterminate Russians by enforced starvation during the Siege of Leningrad.