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Gaza is starving: Even Trump has noticed. Is Netanyahu now going to label him an antisemite? [1]
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Date: 2025-07-29
Now let us see if this is just more hot air.
The US president told reporters that Israel bore “a lot of responsibility” for the crisis in a rebuke to Netanyahu, who had claimed earlier on Monday that there was “no starvation in Gaza”. Asked whether he agreed with this assessment, Trump said: “I don’t know. Based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry.” He later added: “We can save a lot of people, I mean some of those kids. That’s real starvation; I see it and you can’t fake that. So we’re going to be even more involved.” Asked what he would ask Netanyahu for next time they spoke, Trump said: “We’re giving money and we’re giving food, but we’re over here … I want him to make sure they get the food. I want to make sure they get the food, every ounce of food.” Trump criticised Hamas for not releasing the remaining hostages and said the militant group was “very difficult to deal with”, while suggesting he had asked the Israeli government to change its approach. “I told Israel, I told Bibi, that you have to now maybe do it a different way,” he said.
* Bolding mine
Maybe it has sunk in, but I still have my doubts. He has to rely on TV [Fox] to be informed of this? May I ask what the fuck is the State Dept. is doing? Collaborating?
Even here on D-Kos, I have read comments blaming the mothers [since they appear to be “well fed”]. All I can say is they have never seen how a famine works.
Ga za: UN expert denounces genocidal violence against women and girls - UN OHCHR
Link to the full Report: Here
How starvation works
What Happens To The Body And Mind When Starvation Sets In? -NPR
A severe lack of food for a prolonged period — not enough calories of any sort to keep up with the body's energy needs — is starvation. The body's reserve resources are depleted. The result is substantial weight loss, wasting away of the body's tissues and eventually death. When faced with starvation, the body fights back. The first day without food is a lot like the overnight fast between dinner one night and breakfast the next morning. Energy levels are low but pick up with a morning meal. Within days, faced with nothing to eat, the body begins feeding on itself. "The body starts to consume energy stores — carbohydrates, fats and then the protein parts of tissue," says Maureen Gallagher, senior nutrition adviser to Action Against Hunger, a network of international humanitarian organizations focused on eliminating hunger. Metabolism slows, the body cannot regulate its temperature, kidney function is impaired and the immune system weakens.
Children are smaller and have fewer body-fat stores to draw from. They fail much faster. "Children are at a much greater disadvantage," says Zucker. "With anorexia nervosa [an eating disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat] we have to act a lot more quickly, because children and teens have fewer stores available; they're growing and their metabolic needs are greater."
I hope that clarifies some details. It's a very slow and excruciating death.
To those promoting/excusing this torture, no matter who or where you are, I hope the memories hound you for the rest of your miserable existence.
A Morning Muse
~A
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