You couldn’t make these things up. I’m thinking about Oxfam’s recent 66-page report on Israel’s devastation of Gaza’s water supplies. As Julia Conley of Common Dreams reported, “Israel has systematically reduced the water available in Gaza by 94%, with just 4.74 liters per resident obtainable each day – less than a third of the recommended … Continue reading “Starvation in Sudan: The Missing War”
Priti Gulati Cox
Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll
As I write this, more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and, as Aya Batrawy reported for NPR, thousands more are “unaccounted for – either missing under the rubble, buried hastily in side streets, or decomposing in areas that can’t be safely reached.” Significant numbers of the dead are women and children, and … Continue reading “Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll”
Its Human Toll Will Be Incalculable
At some level, it’s not complicated. Making civilians, including children, responsible for the acts of a guerrilla group should obviously be considered a crime. And that crime is functionally being supported by my country. In early November, after denouncing the acts of Hamas on October 7th as the crimes that they were, Volker Türk, the … Continue reading “Its Human Toll Will Be Incalculable”