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submitted 1 year ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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Key thing is that the shortages in Gaza are a direct result of Hamas deciding to stockpile food, water, and fuel, and munitions in order to kill, rather than making sure everybody has enough.

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[-] livus@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So let us send even more. I'd rather civillians no longer starved. Even if it means bad actors take some too.

We saw the flaws with the aid sanctions against Ethiopia earlier this year. Some corrupt officials were re-routing some of the aid intended for the famine in Tigray. But when the UN and US halted all food aid in response, starvation deaths in Ethiopia rose.

I understand that Israel don't mind starving the civilian population of Gaza as collatoral damage in their war with Hamas, but I do mind. The fact remains that starvation of civilians during war is illegal under international law. And I support that law.

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