Pants-of-dog wrote:The former USSR, Marx, neo-Nazis, and witty maxims are all irrelevant to the question of genocide in Gaza.
Sure.
It is still true you're objectively allied to neonazis.
Pants-of-dog wrote:In Gaza right now, the IDF and Israeli government have barred UNRWA from distributing aid in northern Gaza. This is the area where famine is most imminent. UNRWA has not been able to provide a shipment to the area since the 29th of January.
Deliberately cutting off the main source of food during a rime of imminent famine is a deliberate policy of starvation of a populace.
This presumes UNRWA is the only body handing aid to Palestinians, including in northern Gaza. This is factually wrong.
Also, famine has been declared "imminent" since October last year, so either these assessments were wrong and therefore one should not trust them or aid is, in fact, reaching the civilian population.
I will also note that the UN itself cut aid to the population in the Tigray over aid misappropriation, leading to the starvation of 1,329 to death, without anyone saying it is UN policy to starve Tigray's populace to death. Why? Because:
Fourth Geneva Convention wrote:Article 23 - Consignment of medical supplies, food and clothing
Each High Contracting Party shall allow the free passage of all consignments of medical and hospital stores and objects necessary for religious worship intended only for civilians of another High Contracting Party, even if the latter is its adversary. It shall likewise permit the free passage of all consignments of essential foodstuffs, clothing and tonics intended for children under fifteen, expectant mothers and maternity cases.
The obligation of a High Contracting Party to allow the free passage of the consignments indicated in the preceding paragraph is subject to the condition that this Party is satisfied that there are no serious reasons for fearing:
(a) that the consignments may be diverted from their destination,
(b) that the control may not be effective, or
(c) that a definite advantage may accrue to the military efforts or economy of the enemy through the substitution of the above-mentioned consignments for goods which would otherwise be provided or produced by the enemy or through the release of such material, services or facilities as would otherwise be required for the production of such goods.
The Power which allows the passage of the consignments indicated in the first paragraph of this Article may make permission conditional on the distribution to the persons benefited thereby being made under the local supervision of the Protecting Powers.
Such consignments shall be forwarded as rapidly as possible, and the Power which permits their free passage shall have the right to prescribe the technical arrangements under which such passage is allowed.
Or:
Additional Protocol I wrote:Article 70 - Relief actions
1. If the civilian population of any territory under the control of a Party to the conflict, other than occupied territory, is not adequately provided with the supplies mentioned in Article 69 , relief actions which are humanitarian and impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction shall be undertaken, subject to the agreement of the Parties concerned in such relief actions. Offers of such relief shall not be regarded as interference in the armed conflict or as unfriendly acts. In the distribution of relief consignments, priority shall be given to those persons, such as children, expectant mothers, maternity cases and nursing mothers, who, under the Fourth Convention or under this Protocol, are to be accorded privileged treatment or special protection.
2. The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party shall allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of all relief consignments, equipment and personnel provided in accordance with this Section, even if such assistance is destined for the civilian population of the adverse Party.
3. The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party which allow the passage of relief consignments, equipment and personnel in accordance with paragraph 2:
(a) shall have the right to prescribe the technical arrangements, including search, under which such passage is permitted;
(b) may make such permission conditional on the distribution of this assistance being made under the local supervision of a Protecting Power;
(c) shall, in no way whatsoever, divert relief consignments from the purpose for which they are intended nor delay their forwarding, except in cases of urgent necessity in the interest of the civilian population concerned.
4. The Parties to the conflict shall protect relief consignments and facilitate their rapid distribution.
5. The Parties to the conflict and each High Contracting Party concerned shall encourage and facilitate effective international co-ordination of the relief actions referred to in paragraph 1.
So it seems those aid cuts, even though they led to the deaths of hundreds, were not - in fact - illegal. Neither are Israel's inspections and other measures intended to prevent contraband and misappropriation, even more so since there are no similar reports of deaths by starvation of hundreds thus far.