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"Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians and should be held accountable
for war crimes – and genocide, according to the UN’s leading expert on the
right to food.
Hunger and severe malnutrition are widespread in the Gaza Strip, where about
2.2 million Palestinians are facing severe shortages resulting from Israel
destroying food supplies and severely restricting the flow of food, medicines
and other humanitarian supplies. Aid trucks and Palestinians waiting for
humanitarian relief have come under Israeli fire.
“There is no reason to intentionally block the passage of humanitarian aid or
intentionally obliterate small-scale fishing vessels, greenhouses and orchards
in Gaza – other than to deny people access to food,” Michael Fakhri, the UN
special rapporteur on the right to food, told the
Guardian.
“Intentionally depriving people of food is clearly a war crime. Israel has
announced its intention to destroy the Palestinian people, in whole or in part,
simply for being Palestinian. In my view as a UN human rights expert, this is
now a situation of genocide. This means the state of Israel in its entirety is
culpable and should be held accountable – not just individuals or this
government or that person.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
