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'Civilized People Do Not Starve Children to Death': Rips -Backed Israel's 68-Day Gaza Aid Blockade

"What we are seeing now is a slow, brutal process of mass starvation and death by the denial of basic necessities," the senator said, calling for an end to U.S. complicity in the humanitarian disaster.

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Jessica Corbett
May 08, 2025

""Today marks 68 days and counting since ANY humanitarian aid was allowed into . For more than nine weeks, Israel has blocked all supplies: no food, no water, no medicine, and no fuel."

[He] not only highlighted those conditions in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday but also called out the fact that the worsening humanitarian crisis "gets very little discussion here in the nation's capital or in the halls of Congress," even though has spent the past 19 months destroying Gaza with …

"Roughly 80 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Wednesday night after occupying a library on Columbia University’s campus.

"Demonstrators rushed through Butler Library’s security gate at about 3:00 p.m., hanging banners, tagging shelves with graffiti, chanting pro-Palestine slogans, and renaming it the 'Basel Al-Araj Popular University,' a reference to the Palestinian writer who was killed by the Israeli army in 2017."

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/nypd-arrests-dozens-of-pro-palestine-protesters-after-columbia-library-occupation/

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Uithongering als oorlogswapen " “We maken de kinderen van Gaza fysiek en mentaal kapot,” vertelde Michael Ryan, directeur gezondheidscrises bij de WHO, aan journalisten. “Want als we niets doen, zijn we medeplichtig aan wat zich voor onze ogen afspeelt. Kinderen zouden deze prijs niet hoeven te betalen.”

https://www.parool.nl/wereld/ahmed-7-in-gaza-weegt-8-kilo-zijn-botten-steken-uit-we-zitten-in-onze-tent-te-wachten-op-de-dood~b4768d7d/

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'I killed a boy, now we just laugh about it' IDF soldier admits. Zionism turns people into sociopaths so they can execute children without empathy.

"To See IF I'm Smiling" is a 2007 documentary that features six Israeli soldiers who recount their military service in and the , revealing incidents of negligence, casualness, immaturity and abuse of power while on duty in Occupied Territories.

"Hij vindt niet dat dat te laat is. "Nee hoor. Ik vind dat we echt op de juiste momenten de juiste dingen hebben gedaan."

Zelden zo'n van zichzelf overtuigde steenezel als meegemaakt. Als het aan hem had gelegen was zelfs deze minimale symbolische stap niet gezet. Want eigenlijk is ie het wel eens met , durf ik te wedden.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2566464-premier-steunt-signaal-aan-israel-eenheid-van-kabinetsbeleid