Genocide in Gaza: Western Indifference to Forced Starvation and Ethnic Cleansing

Strategic Insights -

The ongoing crisis in Gaza continues to escalate, with Israel's campaign of forced starvation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide leaving a trail of destruction and death in its wake. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a stark warning, stating that "history will long remember the Western world's indifference to the forced starvation, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza." At least 85 Palestinians, including women and children, have been slaughtered while desperately seeking food to feed their intentionally-starved families. The death toll of aid-seekers has reached its highest in over 21 months, with reports of starving people being gassed to death, women collapsing in the street, and babies dying due to malnutrition. CAIR's National Executive Director, Nihad Awad, has condemned the Western world's inaction, saying that "Western governments cannot claim ignorance" of the atrocities being committed.

Key Takeaways:

  • Over 85 Palestinians have been slaughtered in Gaza while seeking food, with a death toll that surpasses any previous 21-month period.
  • Nearly 1 in every 3 people in Gaza is not eating for days at a time, according to the World Food Program.
  • Israel's campaign of forced displacement has led to the deaths of at least 18 people due to starvation and malnutrition within the last 24 hours.
  • CAIR has condemned the Western world's normalization of Israel's daily massacres and called for a United Nations and International Criminal Court war crimes investigation of Israel's alleged use of drones bombs packed with nails to target civilians in Gaza.
  • The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has been accused of throwing stun grenades and using pepper spray at an aid concentration site, resulting in the massacre of some 20 starving Palestinians.
  • CAIR has called for a full US investigation into the killing of Florida resident and US citizen Sayfollah ("Saif") Musallet, who was reportedly beaten to death by a mob of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Statistics:

  • At least 85 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza while seeking food, with over 21 months of continuous conflict.
  • Nearly 58,000 people have been slaughtered in Gaza, mostly women and children, with thousands more wounded.
  • Over 1 in every 3 people in Gaza is not eating for days at a time.
  • At least 18 people have died in the last 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition.
  • The UN has warned of mass starvation becoming "normal" in Gaza.

Sources:

  • Associated Press, Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders
  • The World Food Program, Nearly 1 in every 3 people in Gaza is not eating for days at a time
  • CAIR Press Release, History will long remember the Western world's indifference to the forced starvation, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza
  • UN Reports, Mass starvation becoming "normal" in Gaza