UN Warns of Hunger Hotspots, Still Can't Say 'Blockade'
The UN's latest 'hunger hotspot' report highlights Gaza alongside Sudan and Yemen. While the report mentions 'protracted conflict,' The Independent, like most mainstream outlets, continues its studied omission of the deliberate, sustained blockade of Gaza by Netanyahu's government—a policy implemented long before October 7th. Instead, we get vague hand-wringing about 'food insecurity' as if it's a
natural phenomenon, not engineered starvation. This rhetorical sleight of hand sanitizes the violence. For decades, aid organizations have detailed Israel's restrictions on food, water, and medicine into Gaza. The World Food Programme itself documented 90% of Gazans struggling with food in 2023. This isn't a 'hotspot,' it's a siege. How many UN warnings will it take before we call a spade a
shovel, or, in this case, a blockade a war crime?