Manufactured Famines in Gaza Began Almost Two Decades Ago, So Why Haven’t They Been Halted?

Manufactured Famines in Gaza Began Almost Two Decades Ago, So Why Haven’t They Been Halted?

On Friday, August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the global famine watchdog, declared widespread famine in Gaza. The IPC is regarded as the international gold standard in nutritional crises. As international media was quick to point out, the declaration meant that a quarter of all Palestinians in Gaza are starving – more […]

How Israel is 'managing' the famine in Gaza by using local merchants

Israel is "managing" the famine in Gaza by targeting aid shipments while allowing some goods to reach local markets only if merchants pay the military an exorbitant fee. The system accomplishes two goals: engineering starvation and creating chaos. Since May 27, the Israeli army has allowed the entry of a limited number of aid trucks into Gaza. Some of them belonged to the UN's World Food Program (WFP), entering through the northern Zikim crossin…

PMQs today: Starmer accuses Israel of creating 'man-made famine' in Gaza

Sir Keir Starmer also chastised the leader of the Liberal Democrats for boycotting the upcoming state banquet with President Trump

‘Man-made famine’: British premier calls Gaza situation ‘horrifying’

Keir Starmer condemns restrictions preventing life-saving aid from reaching Gaza, describing it as 'horrific' - Anadolu Ajansı

Starvation Has Long Been a War Crime. Gaza Shows Why It Must Be Prosecuted.

In late August, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a United Nations organization that classifies the severity of food insecurity around the globe, formally determined that the situation in Gaza constitutes a famine. Hardly surprising to those tracking the conflict, Israel-induced starvation has reared its head amid the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza today. But what does that mean for accountability efforts?The…