Gaza is at a point of no return

85% of the population is in 5th stage of malnutrition. That's just over half a million. This stage is irreversible even if food became available in the future. We're talking brain damage/cognitive impairment, permanent changes in their DNA and of course death.

The worst thing about it? It’s engineered. A deliberate starvation campaign to punish every man, woman, and child in Gaza. None of this is inevitable. Just a mile away, trucks loaded with food sit idle at the border, denied entry by the IDF and violent settlers. All aid being withheld, a man-made famine, enforced with cruelty.

As a south asian who's ancestors suffered multiple intentional famines, I can tell you the impact of it in multiple generations. We suffer from diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a much higher rate to this day. I can't believe we've let this happen again. Even with the world calling to save Palestine, it hasn't made any difference. I have no words

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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

I realize that people here do not want to read anything that actually discusses genocide and what that really is, and how important the situation in Gaza is to resolve. This was the editorial in the NY Times yesterday. Those of you who are of the persuasion to spew hate against a religion, will say that the Times was owned by a member of that region, and that it tends to be leftist, just do not read this. I am purposely leaving out the catch phrase that is currently being used by POTUS to advance an agenda of his, to take over all education so the radicals can determine what everyone reads, hears and learns.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinion/no-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-in-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y08.vXml.WrEwx7Q8yxBh&smid=url-share

You can also read the response from Al Jazeera to get the other viewpoint
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/23/yes-the-new-york-times-is-committing-genocidal-journalism

Somehow we need to get beyond this and get to truce, a just truce ion which Israel is assured its existence and something is done to help Gaza, which for many centuries has been treated differently than any other Arab territory, sorry for the use of that term, but it is the only one i can find that seems to describe its unique place.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@samueltyler2
I'll stop you right there.
You posted an opinion piece.
An opinion piece is not journalistic article.
Also, is the author an expert or authority on genocide?

You seemingly don't want to read reports by actual genocide scholars such as the Lemkin Institute (I assume you know who Lemkin was, yes?).

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@basilfawlty89 STOP RIGHT THERE!

I stated where and what the pieces were, I posted TWO pieces, if you care to re-read my post. They are from opposite sides of the spectrum,. How about you being open minded?

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@samueltyler2 yet you won't read reports by actually recognised bodies in genocide studies?

When there is scholarly concensus on an event with documented evidence and proof, it's not a debate any longer.

I don't care what a NYT journalist has to say (especially as they denied the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Artsakh/Karabakh in 2023).
That journalist isn't qualified.
A genocude scholar IS qualified.

You're not qualified either.
Not as in having an opinion, you're allowed your own opinion. You aren't allowed your own facts though.
I'm not qualified either, hence I defer to the consensus of actual scholars in the field.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@basilfawlty89 I have, and I am troubled by them. But i am also troubled by their alleged expertise ignoring certain biases. Let us not divert from the fundamental problem, the belief by a certain group that the other doesn't have the right to exist. Again, you deny the fact that there may be extenuating circumstances that led to certain activities. Was the US committing genocide when it firebombed Dresden, or dropped nuclear weapons on Japan, i can go on.

ONCE AGAIN, allowing tens of thousands of innocent civilians to die in Gaza is unacceptable! Why does assigning a derogatory term to one side make a difference??

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@samueltyler2 are you claiming there are extenuating circumstances that justify genocide or ethnic cleansing now?

Dresden didn't involve systematically and continuous statving a civilian population and bombing refugee tents.

the belief by a certain group that the other doesn't have the right to exist.

Let's talk about that
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This is who you support:
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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@basilfawlty89 Man, you love to twist. In Dresden we incinerated the citizens of the area, we purposely cause all of the citizens to be burned alive! No, I am not justifying any such thing, i am trying to explain how they happen. If there were no invasion to commit "genocide" your term, on Oct 6 there would not have been the kind of war that developed, and tens of thousands of individuals would still be alive. WHAT IS NEEDED is not assigning guilt by assigning a term, what is needed is PEACE!

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@samueltyler2 how long was Dresden bombed? Were they denied aid? Were civilian shelters bombed?

If there were no invasion on Oct 6 there would not have been the kind of war

"If my wife didn't insult me, I wouldn't have to viciously beat her"
Classic victim blaming.

"genocide" your term

No, a term coined by Rafael Lemkin, and a crime recognised by the UN, the Hague, etc.
Nice scare quotes btw, that's what Turkish nationalists do when referring to the Armenian Genocide.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@basilfawlty89 I have had enough, you are unlikely to ever alter my opinion. You are using logic that makes no sense.

By the way, what about the way the Afrikaners treated the indigenous races?

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@samueltyler2
Lol, cute one trying to bring up Afrikaners.
Apartheid was an absolutely appalling crine against humanity (Israel is doing that now, you should talk to them about it).

Small problem with your little "gotcha".
I'm not an Afrikaner.
My father's side is Indigenous Mexican.
My mother's side is Irish and Highland Scottish.

Whoopsie-doodle!