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.| Mondoweiss
By Eman, MECA staff in Gaza There are 5 phases of declaring a situation of catastrophe/famine according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the Famine Review Committee (FRC), these phases are: minimal (phase 1), stressed (phase 2), crisis (phase 3), emergency (phase 4), catastrophe/famine (phase 5). Right now, in the occupied| Middle East Children's Alliance
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes. Exactly two months since the Israeli government-controlled scheme, [...]| Middle East Children's Alliance
Forty-one percent of Americans, including 67% of Democrats and 14% of Republicans, believe that Israeli military actions in Gaza constitute either “genocide” (22%) or are "akin to genocide" (19%), according to a new poll released Monday by the University of Maryland Critical Issues series. Confirming a growing trend, younger respondents of both parties were more likely to say that Israel’s actions constitute genocide or the like. The poll, which surveyed more than 1,500 adults 18 and ol...| Responsible Statecraft
Netanyahu chose to blow up the ceasefire and starve Gaza’s population in order to force a surrender from Hamas, while top military and security officials favored moving to the second phase of a ceasefire, leaked cabinet meeting minutes reveal.| Mondoweiss
We drink salt and water to stay standing, to keep ourselves from going dizzy and collapsing. This is what we’ve come to in Gaza, where most people will go without food for three days at a time.| Mondoweiss
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 500 injured while seeking meager portions of food parcels.| The Electronic Intifada
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We uplift a call from La Via Campesina and other global movement organizations to carry out global weeks of fasting between May 19 and 30, 2025, in solidarity with the people of Palestine.| USFSA
After hours of waiting under the scorching sun, starving Palestinians stormed the militarized aid distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Live fire was reportedly opened on the crowd, as people struggled to get their hands on aid.| Mondoweiss
Israel’s plan to handle the distribution of aid in Gaza via a U.S. private contractor is a key part of its plan to ethnically cleanse its population. Here’s how.| Mondoweiss