The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump can cut billions of dollars in foreign assistance funds approved by Congress for this year, a U.S. appeals court ruled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/world/crime-legal/court-trump-block-billions-foreign-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #usaid #hunger #famine #unrwa #us #donaldtrump #republicans
Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

2/2 "Israel takes responsibility for attack on journalists ‘as if it’s bragging’
https://aje.io/v8v2ze?update=3881544

Israeli military admits to deliberately killing Al Jazeera journalist
https://aje.io/v8v2ze?update=3881513

Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let some foreign media into Gaza
https://aje.io/v8v2ze?update=3881496

#Israel #TerroristState #warcrimes
#killing #journalists#IDF #warcriminals#JournalistsUnderFire#Gaza
#AnasAlSharif#MohammedQreiqa
#Palestine #StopIsrael#SanctionsNow

Israeli military admits to deliberately killing Al Jazeera journalist The Israeli military has shared a statement acknowledging that it attacked and killed Anas al-Sharif in the Gaza City area. It claimed that al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, was acting “under the pretence of an Al Jazeera journalist” while actually working for Hamas. The Israeli military also claimed that it took steps to minimise harming civilians before the attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed at least five journalists. Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let some foreign media into Gaza The Israeli army’s attack on a journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed five Al Jazeera staff members, came hours after the Israeli prime minister told foreign media he had decided to allow some foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip. “In fact, we have decided, and I’ve ordered, directed the military, to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists,” Netanyahu said at the news conference in Jerusalem. “There’s a problem of assuring security, but I think it can be done in a way that is responsible and careful to preserve your own safety,” he added. The Israeli authorities have long prevented any foreign media from entering the Gaza Strip, while it has deliberately targeted and killed close to 200 local Palestinian journalists since October 2023.
Israeli military admits to deliberately killing Al Jazeera journalist The Israeli military has shared a statement acknowledging that it attacked and killed Anas al-Sharif in the Gaza City area. It claimed that al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, was acting “under the pretence of an Al Jazeera journalist” while actually working for Hamas. The Israeli military also claimed that it took steps to minimise harming civilians before the attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed at least five journalists. Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let some foreign media into Gaza The Israeli army’s attack on a journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed five Al Jazeera staff members, came hours after the Israeli prime minister told foreign media he had decided to allow some foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip. “In fact, we have decided, and I’ve ordered, directed the military, to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists,” Netanyahu said at the news conference in Jerusalem. “There’s a problem of assuring security, but I think it can be done in a way that is responsible and careful to preserve your own safety,” he added. The Israeli authorities have long prevented any foreign media from entering the Gaza Strip, while it has deliberately targeted and killed close to 200 local Palestinian journalists since October 2023.
Israeli military admits to deliberately killing Al Jazeera journalist The Israeli military has shared a statement acknowledging that it attacked and killed Anas al-Sharif in the Gaza City area. It claimed that al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, was acting “under the pretence of an Al Jazeera journalist” while actually working for Hamas. The Israeli military also claimed that it took steps to minimise harming civilians before the attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed at least five journalists. Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let some foreign media into Gaza The Israeli army’s attack on a journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed five Al Jazeera staff members, came hours after the Israeli prime minister told foreign media he had decided to allow some foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip. “In fact, we have decided, and I’ve ordered, directed the military, to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists,” Netanyahu said at the news conference in Jerusalem. “There’s a problem of assuring security, but I think it can be done in a way that is responsible and careful to preserve your own safety,” he added. The Israeli authorities have long prevented any foreign media from entering the Gaza Strip, while it has deliberately targeted and killed close to 200 local Palestinian journalists since October 2023.
Israel takes responsibility for attack on journalists ‘as if it’s bragging’ Hoda Abdel-Hamid Reporting from Amman, Jordan Al Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank. When you read the statement issued by the Israeli army, which was well prepared before all this happened, it’s almost as if it is bragging about it. It alleges that Anas al-Sharif was a member of the military wing of Hamas, and the army says that it has found documents in Gaza that prove their point. It includes some links to content that anyone could have printed. This has been going on for a few weeks, ever since al-Anas started reporting on the starvation in Gaza, and he had such a huge impact on the Arab world. Immediately after, a spokesman for the Israeli army in Arabic… posted a video on social media, accusing al-Sharif of being a Hamas member and threatening him. I was going through his feed on X. He knew his life was a serious risk, and he repeatedly wrote that he was just a journalist, and he wanted his message to be spread widely, because he thought that was a way to protect him.
Israel takes responsibility for attack on journalists ‘as if it’s bragging’ Hoda Abdel-Hamid Reporting from Amman, Jordan Al Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank. When you read the statement issued by the Israeli army, which was well prepared before all this happened, it’s almost as if it is bragging about it. It alleges that Anas al-Sharif was a member of the military wing of Hamas, and the army says that it has found documents in Gaza that prove their point. It includes some links to content that anyone could have printed. This has been going on for a few weeks, ever since al-Anas started reporting on the starvation in Gaza, and he had such a huge impact on the Arab world. Immediately after, a spokesman for the Israeli army in Arabic… posted a video on social media, accusing al-Sharif of being a Hamas member and threatening him. I was going through his feed on X. He knew his life was a serious risk, and he repeatedly wrote that he was just a journalist, and he wanted his message to be spread widely, because he thought that was a way to protect him.
Israel takes responsibility for attack on journalists ‘as if it’s bragging’ Hoda Abdel-Hamid Reporting from Amman, Jordan Al Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank. When you read the statement issued by the Israeli army, which was well prepared before all this happened, it’s almost as if it is bragging about it. It alleges that Anas al-Sharif was a member of the military wing of Hamas, and the army says that it has found documents in Gaza that prove their point. It includes some links to content that anyone could have printed. This has been going on for a few weeks, ever since al-Anas started reporting on the starvation in Gaza, and he had such a huge impact on the Arab world. Immediately after, a spokesman for the Israeli army in Arabic… posted a video on social media, accusing al-Sharif of being a Hamas member and threatening him. I was going through his feed on X. He knew his life was a serious risk, and he repeatedly wrote that he was just a journalist, and he wanted his message to be spread widely, because he thought that was a way to protect him.
Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

3/3
"Dr Aslam Akhtar: “Every patient that I saw there, whether it was a trauma patient or medical patient, is severely malnourished.”
When he hugged his colleagues after returning to Gaza he wanted to cry, “because I’d feel how much weight they’ve lost. I would feel the skin and bones of their back, because even the doctors, the nurses, even the chair of the emergency department, had lost so much weight due to the current man-made famine there.”
https://aje.io/v8v2ze?update=3881545
#Gaza #famine #starvation

Doctor says al-Shifa Hospital has been repeatedly attacked Dr Aslam Akhtar, an emergency doctor who was volunteering at al-Shifa Hospital until last week, says he is not surprised that the journalists’ tent outside the hospital was attacked, since he has witnessed “indiscriminate killing” while he was there. “Al-Shifa Hospital is the largest hospital in Palestine, but it has been invaded twice and burned down by the Israeli military,” Akhtar told Al Jazeera. “There are many tents outside the hospital, as well, that are used as an ER [emergency room]. But the actual 800-bed hospital has been burned down, and it’s totally incapable of being used right now,” said Akhtar, who returned to Los Angeles from Gaza City two days ago. He added that the patients he had seen there are now severely malnourished. “Every patient that I saw there, whether it was a trauma patient or a medical patient, is severely malnourished.” When he hugged his colleagues after returning to Gaza, he wanted to cry, he said, “because I’d feel how much weight they’ve lost”. “I would feel the skin and bones of their back, because even the doctors, the nurses, even the chair of the emergency department, had lost so much weight due to the current man-made famine there.”
Doctor says al-Shifa Hospital has been repeatedly attacked Dr Aslam Akhtar, an emergency doctor who was volunteering at al-Shifa Hospital until last week, says he is not surprised that the journalists’ tent outside the hospital was attacked, since he has witnessed “indiscriminate killing” while he was there. “Al-Shifa Hospital is the largest hospital in Palestine, but it has been invaded twice and burned down by the Israeli military,” Akhtar told Al Jazeera. “There are many tents outside the hospital, as well, that are used as an ER [emergency room]. But the actual 800-bed hospital has been burned down, and it’s totally incapable of being used right now,” said Akhtar, who returned to Los Angeles from Gaza City two days ago. He added that the patients he had seen there are now severely malnourished. “Every patient that I saw there, whether it was a trauma patient or a medical patient, is severely malnourished.” When he hugged his colleagues after returning to Gaza, he wanted to cry, he said, “because I’d feel how much weight they’ve lost”. “I would feel the skin and bones of their back, because even the doctors, the nurses, even the chair of the emergency department, had lost so much weight due to the current man-made famine there.”
Doctor says al-Shifa Hospital has been repeatedly attacked Dr Aslam Akhtar, an emergency doctor who was volunteering at al-Shifa Hospital until last week, says he is not surprised that the journalists’ tent outside the hospital was attacked, since he has witnessed “indiscriminate killing” while he was there. “Al-Shifa Hospital is the largest hospital in Palestine, but it has been invaded twice and burned down by the Israeli military,” Akhtar told Al Jazeera. “There are many tents outside the hospital, as well, that are used as an ER [emergency room]. But the actual 800-bed hospital has been burned down, and it’s totally incapable of being used right now,” said Akhtar, who returned to Los Angeles from Gaza City two days ago. He added that the patients he had seen there are now severely malnourished. “Every patient that I saw there, whether it was a trauma patient or a medical patient, is severely malnourished.” When he hugged his colleagues after returning to Gaza, he wanted to cry, he said, “because I’d feel how much weight they’ve lost”. “I would feel the skin and bones of their back, because even the doctors, the nurses, even the chair of the emergency department, had lost so much weight due to the current man-made famine there.”
Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

This is what a genocide denialist looks like.

Genocide denial is the last stage of genocide.

Phil, you’re complicit in genocide. And history is taking notes.

***

“Hamada Ice Cream shop, which has not been open for weeks, recently posted a highlight reel of the pastries, cakes and drinks the cafe once served.

‘Me and 2 million Gazans are waiting for this moment Oh God, make things easy and these days pass safely, O Lord,’ reads the video’s Arabic caption.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/04/gaza-cafes-starvation-social-media

@palestine

#genocide #genocideDenial #complicity#fediGenocideDenial #israel#ethnicCleansing #apartheid#settlerColonialism#Palestine#Gaza#WestBank#StopIsrael#StopArmingIsrael#StopTheGenocide#FreePalestinehttps://metalhead.club/@ram/114998719169809778
nemo™ 🇺🇦
@nemo@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
@aral That reel is propaganda and fakenews from Netanyahus flying/typing monkeys #freepalastine #endhunger #famine and forced #starvation @palestine
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Funding cuts are driving an entire generation of children in Sudan to the brink of irreversible harm as support is scaled back and malnutrition cases persist across the country, the U.N. children's agency said。 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/funding-cuts-sudan-children-unicef/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #unhcr #unicef #sudan #un #hunger #famine #sudan #children
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid while another five died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies say may be an unfolding famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/gazans-aid-hunger-burial-shrouds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #starvation #famine
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The trickle of food aid Israel is allowing to enter the Gaza Strip is seized by Palestinians risking their lives under fire, looted by gangs or diverted in chaotic circumstances rather than reaching those most in need. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/gangs-gaza-aid-most-needy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #un #hunger #famine
Mediapart
@mediapart@mediapart.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

À Gaza, les otages israéliens meurent aussi de faim

À l’heure où la #famine continue de faire des morts à #Gaza, des vidéos diffusées par le Hamas montrent des #otages très affaiblis. S’il s’agissait d’un moyen de pression face à #Israël, celui-ci s’en servira certainement pour poursuivre sa guerre génocidaire.

Par Nejma Brahim › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/030825/gaza-les-otages-israeliens-meurent-aussi-de-faim?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

Palestinians fill their water canisters from an aid truck to provide water while Israel's brutal and destructive attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip continue unabated, the humanitarian crisis in the region is deepening due to the embargo in Gaza City, Gaza on August 03, 2025. Palestinians are trying to meet their daily water needs by filling canisters with water distributed by tankers. © Photo Mahmoud Issa / Anadolu via AFP
Palestinians fill their water canisters from an aid truck to provide water while Israel's brutal and destructive attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip continue unabated, the humanitarian crisis in the region is deepening due to the embargo in Gaza City, Gaza on August 03, 2025. Palestinians are trying to meet their daily water needs by filling canisters with water distributed by tankers. © Photo Mahmoud Issa / Anadolu via AFP
Palestinians fill their water canisters from an aid truck to provide water while Israel's brutal and destructive attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip continue unabated, the humanitarian crisis in the region is deepening due to the embargo in Gaza City, Gaza on August 03, 2025. Palestinians are trying to meet their daily water needs by filling canisters with water distributed by tankers. © Photo Mahmoud Issa / Anadolu via AFP
Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

2/2 #Israel#Gaza #genocide #famine

Verlies van waardigheid Het probleem met honger, aldus de reeds genoemde De Waal, is niet alleen het directe gezondheidseffect, maar ook de immense sociale ontwrichting op lange termijn, waaronder trauma en verlies van waardigheid. ‘Ze hebben ons weten te reduceren tot wat ze willen dat we zijn: minderwaardige mensen’, schreef een Palestijnse eerder op Facebook. Een land als Ierland (dat in 1845-1851 een hongersnood beleefde) had meer dan een eeuw nodig om die ervaring te verwerken. Het zou kunnen dat het uithongeringsbeleid bedoeld is om Hamas op de knieën te dwingen. Maar een andere optie is even reëel, namelijk dat men Palestijnen wil dwingen Gaza voorgoed te verlaten. De blauwdrukken liggen er, Trump heeft er zijn zegen aan gegeven. ‘Godzijdank roeien we dit kwaad uit’, verkondigde een ultrarechtse Israëlische minister deze week. ‘Heel Gaza zal Joods zijn.’ Voorlopig is er niemand die hem tegenspreekt.
Verlies van waardigheid Het probleem met honger, aldus de reeds genoemde De Waal, is niet alleen het directe gezondheidseffect, maar ook de immense sociale ontwrichting op lange termijn, waaronder trauma en verlies van waardigheid. ‘Ze hebben ons weten te reduceren tot wat ze willen dat we zijn: minderwaardige mensen’, schreef een Palestijnse eerder op Facebook. Een land als Ierland (dat in 1845-1851 een hongersnood beleefde) had meer dan een eeuw nodig om die ervaring te verwerken. Het zou kunnen dat het uithongeringsbeleid bedoeld is om Hamas op de knieën te dwingen. Maar een andere optie is even reëel, namelijk dat men Palestijnen wil dwingen Gaza voorgoed te verlaten. De blauwdrukken liggen er, Trump heeft er zijn zegen aan gegeven. ‘Godzijdank roeien we dit kwaad uit’, verkondigde een ultrarechtse Israëlische minister deze week. ‘Heel Gaza zal Joods zijn.’ Voorlopig is er niemand die hem tegenspreekt.
Verlies van waardigheid Het probleem met honger, aldus de reeds genoemde De Waal, is niet alleen het directe gezondheidseffect, maar ook de immense sociale ontwrichting op lange termijn, waaronder trauma en verlies van waardigheid. ‘Ze hebben ons weten te reduceren tot wat ze willen dat we zijn: minderwaardige mensen’, schreef een Palestijnse eerder op Facebook. Een land als Ierland (dat in 1845-1851 een hongersnood beleefde) had meer dan een eeuw nodig om die ervaring te verwerken. Het zou kunnen dat het uithongeringsbeleid bedoeld is om Hamas op de knieën te dwingen. Maar een andere optie is even reëel, namelijk dat men Palestijnen wil dwingen Gaza voorgoed te verlaten. De blauwdrukken liggen er, Trump heeft er zijn zegen aan gegeven. ‘Godzijdank roeien we dit kwaad uit’, verkondigde een ultrarechtse Israëlische minister deze week. ‘Heel Gaza zal Joods zijn.’ Voorlopig is er niemand die hem tegenspreekt.
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
#Photos of Gaza’s worsening #FoodCrisis

Experts warn that #Gaza is nearing #famine, citing Israel’s blockade & military offensive following #Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The #WorldHealthOrganization reports a sharp rise in #malnutrition & disease, with a large portion of Gaza’s 2 million residents now starving.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

#starvation #famine#Palestinians#HumanitarianCrisis
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/israel-palestinians-war-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-photos-91ece76e0920b64e6d82edd3b96b6455?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-28-Hunger+in+Gaza
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
#Photos of Gaza’s worsening #FoodCrisis

Experts warn that #Gaza is nearing #famine, citing Israel’s blockade & military offensive following #Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The #WorldHealthOrganization reports a sharp rise in #malnutrition & disease, with a large portion of Gaza’s 2 million residents now starving.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

#starvation #famine#Palestinians#HumanitarianCrisis
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/israel-palestinians-war-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-photos-91ece76e0920b64e6d82edd3b96b6455?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-28-Hunger+in+Gaza
Mediapart
@mediapart@mediapart.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Des gangs, des trahisons et la faim: la tragédie gazaouie

Le journaliste et traducteur Ibrahim Badra lance un énième appel au monde, alors que la #famine ravage la bande de Gaza. «Que devrions-nous faire? Quelqu’un peut-il me répondre?», écrit-il.

Par Ibrahim Badra › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/280725/des-gangs-des-trahisons-et-la-faim-la-tragedie-gazaouie?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart