Notices by Bilal Barakat 🍉 (bifouba@kolektiva.social)

@aral Yep. There's even a book about the phenomenon: https://thenewpress.com/books/except-for-palestine

Let's be clear on what it means that a famine in the technical sense is imminent for 1.1 million people in Gaza according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

One of the criteria is 2 deaths per 10,000 people from outright starvation or the interaction of malnutrition and disease... PER DAY.

The people who understand this stuff are saying that a situation is imminent where there are AT LEAST 200 starvation deaths every day.

@palestine #Gaza #famine #genocide

@aral I hear you, but let’s not underestimate the legal leverage this gives vis-à-vis third parties, such as Germany, including in domestic law.

@aral Don't forget South Africa are Hamas too!

Für den Fall, dass es für manche einfacher ist, Rassismus bei anderen wahrzunehmen als bei sich selbst, und irgendwem dabei evtl. endlich ein Licht aufgeht: Bidens Statement anlässlich der mittlerweile 100 Tage andauernden Krise in Gaza erwähnt die zehntausende palästinensischen Opfer MIT KEINEM WORT.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/14/statement-from-president-joe-biden-marking-100-days-of-captivity-for-hostages-in-gaza/

@martinvermeer @aral Just to highlight for the casual passerby that the article is about the long-going blockade. The current siege is much worse, of course.