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1. Within the next six weeks tens of thousands will die of starvation in Gaza

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:04 AM

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It will be a world historic humanitarian catastrophe. It will make the deaths so far look like minor preamble. The reason Trump and the Europeans are all fleeing from Netanyahu on aid is because their people are telling them what's going to happen in no uncertain terms. They're trying to get out from under it. It's probably too late many.

Every supporter of Israel should be banging the table demanding immediate massive food aid to Gaza now. Now! Instead, many are posting little videos of trucks claiming that Hamas is stealing all the aid and the usual deflection tactics. It's absolutely a mistake and very bad miscalculation. This is a human-made famine that will kill tens of thousands and it is 100% attributable to the IDF blockade. It's going to reshape world opinion for decades.

Stewart is absolutely right.

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