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It was clear that this is how it's going to go, Israel planned this. The deliberatley destroyed all the infrastructure and sealed them in. I knew the body count would rise to possibly a million. It is a genocide.
Presumably Israel hopes to push the Palestinians out to Egypt or other countries. That is Israel's "Final Solution".
My european country supports this genocide by backing Israel. I feel deeply ashamed.
Public opinion is definitely skewing more towards Palestine, at least here in Britain. Where I live, I genuinely saw a pro-Palestine march back in October attended by thousands, along with Palestinian flags waved everywhere around town. Haven't seen any Israeli flags or marchers by comparison, and I don't think that's out of fear.
The only people I've seen genuinely throw support towards Israel have been Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
Of the around 600,000 people facing starvation across the globe, 95% are now in Gaza
according to figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, a consortium of U.N. agencies and nonprofit relief groups. The figures, which the group says are their best assessment of the current situation, show that the rest live in South Sudan, which has been riven by a brutal civil war since spring 2023.
There are less than a million people who are starving in the world? Really?
I think there's multiple classifications of food scarcity. Starvation is different than being hungry.
The source is
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, a consortium of U.N
Unless we take the "UN is Hamas" route this number seems credible
People are eating grass in Gaza right now.
I'm still amazed. I would have thought it was still way higher. It's kind of uplifting... In a still shitty round about way considering the source that led me to this TIL moment.