Hunger, a weapon of genocide

“Israel’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip is progressing at a rapid pace, perhaps even better than expected. In addition to the significant achievements already made in systematic killing and destruction, the last few days have seen a crucial achievement: deliberate starvation has begun to yield results.

(…). However, there is only one thing worse than deliberate starvation: the indifference with which it is received in Israel. An hour and a half’s drive from where another baby, Yussef al-Safadi, died on Wednesday. His family could not find any milk substitute for him. As he was dying, Channel 12 was broadcasting a cooking program with excellent ratings.”

(Gideon Levy, columnist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, beginning and end of his column today, quoted by Francisco Peregil, “Nuestra major arma contra la hambruna deGaza” [Our best weapon against the famine in Gaza], in EL PAÍS on 07-25-2025)