Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXIX: "UN-declared Gaza famine"
a roadhouse
burnt-out and half ruined . . .
under the roof
a patched tent and children
with thin arms and bloated bellies
FYI: Democracy Now, August 22, 2025: U.N. Declares a Famine in Gaza, Where Over 500,000 Face “Starvation, Destitution and Death”
The U.N.’s top humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, spoke from Geneva earlier today:
It is a famine in 2025, a 21st-century famine, watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history. It is a famine openly promoted by some Israeli leaders as a weapon of war. It is a famine on all of our watch. Everyone owns this. The Gaza famine is the world’s famine.
And the latest pieces of news about Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians:
Haaretz, August 22, 2025: Israel's Foreign Ministry Says West Bank Is Israeli Territory, Contravening International and Domestic Law
On Thursday, 25 countries – including the United Kingdom and France –issued a joint declaration against Israel's decision to approve construction in the E1 area, a plan designed to bisect the West Bank, calling the plan a "flagrant breach of international law" that would undermine the idea of a two-state solution.
And +972 Magazine, independent, non-profit media initiative, Israel-Palestine
August 21, 2025: In a joint investigation by Israel's +972 Magazine and Local Call and UK's The Guardian, Yuval Abraham reveals that: "Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians"
August 22, 2025: How Israelis turned atrocity denial into an [paradoxical] art
...either it is all fake, or else the Gazans deserved it. Often, paradoxically, it is both at once: “There are no dead children in Gaza, and it’s good that we killed them.”)
