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Thu 14 Mar 2024 5:44 pm - Jerusalem Time

Amnesty criticizes the international community for ignoring "orchestrated starvation" in Gaza

On Thursday, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard criticized the international community for ignoring the "orchestrated starvation" in the Palestinian Gaza Strip by Israel.


She said, "The international community ignores the starvation orchestrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and is busy portraying the situation in the region as a humanitarian crisis."


Callamard explained, in a post on the X platform, that Israel continues to violate international law without facing any criminal penalties.


She pointed out that airdrops of humanitarian aid, and Washington's intention to build a temporary port on the coast of Gaza, will not be of any benefit in the face of Israel's violations of international law.


In his State of the Union address on March 8, US President Joe Biden announced that he had instructed the army to establish a temporary port near the coast of Gaza, indicating that more humanitarian aid would enter the Strip by sea through the port.


On the same day, the President of Greek Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, announced, during a joint press conference with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the imminent opening of a sea corridor to transport humanitarian aid to Gaza.


Yesterday, Wednesday, the US Army announced that a number of its ships were heading to Gaza to establish a “temporary” port that would allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Strip, which is besieged by Israel.


As a result of the war and Israeli restrictions, the residents of Gaza, especially the Gaza and northern governorates, are on the verge of famine, amid a severe scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies, with the displacement of about two million Palestinians from the Strip, which has been besieged by Israel for 17 years.


In an attempt to remedy the crisis, Arab and foreign countries continue their cooperation to airdrop aid into the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, but it remains insufficient and does not meet the urgent needs of the Palestinians.

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Amnesty criticizes the international community for ignoring "orchestrated starvation" in Gaza

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