Amnesty International: Israel is using starvation to commit genocide in Gaza.

Washington - Saeed Erekat

Amnesty International, one of the world's leading human rights organizations, has concluded that Israel is using starvation as a means of committing genocide, in partnership with a US agency.

“Evidence gathered by Amnesty International shows how, more than a month after implementing its military-style aid distribution system, Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, deliberately imposing living conditions aimed at their physical destruction as part of an ongoing genocide,” the organization’s scathing summary of the report states.

The report adds: "In the month following Israel's imposition of a military 'aid' program run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), hundreds of Palestinians were killed and thousands injured either near military distribution sites or on their way to humanitarian aid convoys."

It's worth noting that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is an American agency run by Christian Zionist pastor Johnnie Moore. Since the end of May, the Global Humanitarian Relief Fund (GHF) has not distributed sufficient aid to millions of starving Palestinians in Gaza. The distribution of aid is dehumanizing, leading to fights among desperate people scrambling for food. The US government supports the GHF's Israeli scheme and provides some funding to the organization.

Furthermore, Israeli soldiers have killed hundreds of Palestinians who attempted to reach aid sites, often with tanks, artillery, and drones. Israeli soldiers and officers have stated that they were ordered to shoot at unarmed civilians. Despite the risk of death near aid sites, many Palestinians are forced to make the journey because the alternative is starvation. At least 66 Palestinian children have starved to death under the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Amnesty International report concludes that "all the evidence gathered, including testimonies received by Amnesty International from victims and witnesses, indicates that the Global Humanitarian Fund was designed to allay international concerns, while serving as yet another instrument of Israeli genocide."