Article Starmer declares Gaza starvation caused by Israel must be remedied (UK brewing)

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UK Prime Minister announces humanitarian relief to combat catastrophic starvation in Gaza
https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/uk-p...n-in-gaza/

INTRO: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday announced that the UK will airdrop aid into Gaza and evacuate children for more specialized medical aid.

In a public statement, Starmer claimed that the UK is “working urgently” with the Jordanian authorities to get aid into planes and delivered to Gaza. The British leader condemned the mass starvation of the Palestinians by Israel, calling this “utterly horrifying” and “completely unjustifiable.”

According to UNICEF, children and adult civilians are actively starving to death in Gaza, with at least 80 children confirmed dead as a result of severe malnutrition. UNICEF warned that without immediate access to humanitarian aid, “preventable” deaths of children are going to rise drastically.

Starvation of civilians through the blockade or denial of humanitarian aid may constitute war crimes and potentially genocide. Under Article 6© of the Rome Statute, for example, “deliberately inflicting on a group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” qualifies as genocide.

While genocide necessitates the highest burden of proof, many scholars argue that patterns of targeting children through food deprivation, especially if militarily disproportionate, could meet the threshold of genocide. According to Nimer Sultany, for example, using starvation as a weapon – particularly against an occupied population – serves as strong evidence of intent to destroy a group in whole or in part.

Additionally, Starmer stated that he is working closely with allies to find a pathway to peace, which must come in combination with the recognition of a Palestinian state. The statement comes days after French President Emmanuel Macron stated that France will recognize Palestine with the announcement to be made symbolically at the United Nations General Assembly... (MORE - details)

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“Allow the U.N., including UNRWA & our partners to operate at scale & without bureaucratic or political hurdles,” Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA’s commissioner-general, said Saturday in a post on X.

Lazzarini also slammed Israel for allowing aid airdrops by foreign countries, calling it a “distraction & screensmoke.”
- https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-eas...rcna221225

Starmer should take that up with the UN.

[Magical Realist]

"While genocide necessitates the highest burden of proof, many scholars argue that patterns of targeting children through food deprivation, especially if militarily disproportionate, could meet the threshold of genocide. According to Nimer Sultany, for example, using starvation as a weapon – particularly against an occupied population – serves as strong evidence of intent to destroy a group in whole or in part."

[Syne]

"While genocide necessitates the highest burden of proof, many scholars argue that patterns of targeting children through food deprivation, especially if militarily disproportionate, could meet the threshold of genocide. According to Nimer Sultany, for example, using starvation as a weapon – particularly against an occupied population – serves as strong evidence of intent to destroy a group in whole or in part."

Of course you'd repeat that, antisemite scum.

Nimer Sultany signed into a letter from Arabs and Palestinians having the gall to complain about how the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance defined antisemitism.
The most antisemitic mad about being called on their hatred. Top notch gaslighting.

[Magical Realist]

LOL So what do you call using starvation as a weapon? Business as usual?

[Syne]

Lies and propaganda. I already posted about trucks of aid the UN won't distribute because they just don't like how Israel does things... and just so happens to abet Hamas' PR war.

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Looking at the news item
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-eas...rcna221225
cited by Syne a few posts back..
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-18456-...l#pid74265

'Someone' is reported as saying

"Israel says it does not limit the number of trucks that enter Gaza, though thousands of trucks outside the border have not been allowed in."

Are trucks allowed in or aren't they?

Col. Abdullah Halabi, Israel’s head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, insisted Thursday that the border crossing is not the bottleneck, but rather, “it is the collection issue that is preventing the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.”

So what precisely is "the collection issue"? Is it simply that Israel wants complete military control of 'collection' and unless the UN agree to that the trucks are stopped at the border.

Aid agencies say they would like to deliver aid, but that Israel has riddled the process with delays and denials, changing schedules and routes, sometimes at the last minute, making it difficult or impossible to safely retrieve the aid for distribution.

Half of the 138 requests the World Food Programme made in the last week to collect aid from holding sites were denied, the agency said Friday.

Even after being approved to load the aid, the WFP said, “convoys are typically delayed” and take as much as 46 hours before receiving the final approval to travel along the strip.

Clearly drivers would be risking their lives to deliver aid .. which side poses the greater threat is unclear .. very likely the Israelis.

[Syne]

The US/Israel-backed GHF distributes aid in a secure manner. The UN doesn't want to cooperate with that because they are antisemitic. They'd rather play politics with all the aid that just sits there waiting to be distributed.

[Magical Realist]

You know the Nazis had ways of covering up their own genocide of Jews. They even painted and planted gardens in a Jewish camp to make it look all nice to the visiting Red Cross. It didn't work. Their own propaganda that Jews were all being treated fine eventually collapsed under the relentless spotlight of worldwide media attention. Sound familiar?

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The US/Israel-backed GHF distributes aid in a secure manner. The UN doesn't want to cooperate with that because they are antisemitic. They'd rather play politics with all the aid that just sits there waiting to be distributed.

Enough already..
The Jewish problem, anti-Semitism and the persecution of the Jews are phenomena fundamentally linked to European history. Instead of seeing it as a dispute between God's chosen people and Palestinians that don't exist * .. can we just go with what is real?

False flag attacks cut both ways .. nobody wants to drive a truck knowing their chances of arriving at their destination aren't good.

The UN claim deliveries are obstructed .. you say this is because they are antisemitic .. really? Israel have very good reasons for keeping control of food distribution .. is the UN being 'antisemitic' enough to convince you that the UN are liars? Obviously yes, but it isn't enough to convince everyone.

Edit ..
* this is a Biblical view without relevence to the current situation.