'Wasting Away' in Gaza: Oxfam, 100+ Groups Decry Israel's "Man-Made" Mass Starvation of Palestinians

from Democracy Now

"As you know, mass starvation means starvation of a large proportion of a population. And a large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving. I don’t know what you would call it, other than mass starvation. And it’s man-made, and that’s very clear. And this is because of blockade, and, I have said it in my statement, more than 80 days of blockade straight. And then, of course, there is opening now, but it’s not enough. It’s just a trickle, and people are starving."
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Severe Malnutrition in Under-Fives has Tripled at Gaza City Clinic, Charity Reports

from The Guardian

"Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières’ Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks, the charity has said, as starvation in the Israeli-besieged strip worsens.

"The global aid community has sounded the alarm as Gaza descends deeper into mass starvation, with resulting deaths being reported daily as Israel allows only a trickle of aid into the territory."

Gaza Doctors 'Becoming too Weak to Treat Patients' as Hunger Crisis Deepens

from the Guardian

"Doctors and medical staff in Gaza say their increasing hunger and the lack of available food is beginning to leave them too weak to provide urgent medical care to patients inside hospitals full of malnourished and injured civilians.

"Almost a dozen medical staff across the territory have told the Guardian and the Arabic Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) of their increasingly desperate search for food and declining physical health due to hunger."

Starvation as a Weapon: Chris Hedges on Gaza

from The Intercept

"Gaza is on the brink of mass famine. At least 600,000 people are suffering from severe malnutrition, according to staff at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.

"This is not a tragedy of circumstance. It’s a deliberate campaign of mass starvation, enforced through Israel’s unrelenting bombing and continuous blockade on the flow of aid into Gaza, which is prohibited under international law.

"The death toll in Gaza has reached nearly 60,000, officially, but experts and relief workers on the ground expect the actual number of casualties to be significantly higher.

"To be clear: This is a genocide."

Background to the Epstein story

from Heather Cox Richardson

"The Epstein story is about more than the sex trafficking of girls. It is also about rich and privileged people evading accountability for breaking the law. MAGA likely jumped on the story for both of these reasons when they thought a coverup was protecting Democratic politicians and Hollywood elites.

"But the story is also about a group of elite people who think they are better than the rest of us and have the right to dominate anyone that is not part of their group, particularly people of color, Black Americans, and women, no matter what the law says."

The Epstein Conspiracy Continues

from Robert Hubbell

"A crucial aspect of every criminal conspiracy is concealment. Efforts to cover up criminal conspiracies often continue for years after the object of the conspiracy has been achieved. An essential part of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking conspiracy was concealing the rape of thousands of girls and the identity of the rapists."

"At UN Conference States Must Prioritize Ending Israel’s Genocide, Unlawful Occupation and Apartheid"

from Amnesty International

"The high-level UN conference to discuss a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and implementation of the two-state solution next week must be centered around the immediate and effective application of international law, including states’ obligations to prevent and punish genocide and apartheid and end Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory, said Amnesty International in an advocacy briefing published today."

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups

from The Guardian

"Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action"

"Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it."

"Multiple international and Palestinian groups have already described the war as genocidal, but reports from two of Israel-Palestine’s most respected human rights organisations, who have for decades documented systemic abuses, is likely to add to pressure for action."