Children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began to use starvation as a weapon of war, a war crime.
Concerned governments should impose targeted sanctions and suspend arms transfers to press the Israeli government to ensure access to humanitarian aid and basic services in Gaza, in accordance with Israel’s obligations under international law and the recent International Court of Justice order in South Africa’s genocide case, the group says.
“The Israeli government’s use of starvation as a weapon of war has proven deadly for children in Gaza,” said Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch. “Israel needs to end this war crime, stop this suffering, and allow humanitarian aid to reach all of Gaza unhindered.”
Headline gore. Israel is Intentionally Starving Children to Death would be much more succinct.
But why chop HRW’s perfectly good headline up to make it weaker and push responsibility away from Israel? These kids aren’t magically dying because of Israel’s policies on food, Israel is killing them by taking their food away. It’s super weird to put distance between cause and effect here; I expect it from media outlets, I don’t expect it from Beehaw posters.
It’s like when US police kill a pedestrian in a chase and media outlets say “Pedestrian was Struck by Police Car while Officer was Chasing Suspect.”
No, the police car didn’t strike a pedestrian while a police chase was happening. A police officer struck and killed a pedestrian with their vehicle during a reckless chase. The car isn’t an entity that makes decisions.
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Headline gore. Israel is Intentionally Starving Children to Death would be much more succinct.
But why chop HRW’s perfectly good headline up to make it weaker and push responsibility away from Israel? These kids aren’t magically dying because of Israel’s policies on food, Israel is killing them by taking their food away. It’s super weird to put distance between cause and effect here; I expect it from media outlets, I don’t expect it from Beehaw posters.
It’s like when US police kill a pedestrian in a chase and media outlets say “Pedestrian was Struck by Police Car while Officer was Chasing Suspect.”
No, the police car didn’t strike a pedestrian while a police chase was happening. A police officer struck and killed a pedestrian with their vehicle during a reckless chase. The car isn’t an entity that makes decisions.