“The use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare is prohibited,” according to rule 53 of the Geneva Conventions.
After unprecedented criticism, The New York Times was forced to admit last week an article parroting Israeli atrocity propaganda of mass rapes on October 7 lacked sufficient evidence.Now, amidst claims of a racist witchhunt targeting Arab writers, the controversial newspaper has inched closer towards acknowledging Israel’s use of mass starvation against the residents of Gaza. One Palestinian family’s story appeared Saturday on the Times’ website.“By Monday, Yazan was dead.”“The pictures of Yazan circulating on social media have quickly made him the face of starvation in Gaza,” acknowledged the Times, recognizing a phenomenon that’s gradually forced major news outlets to respond to the inadequacy of their reporting.A similar dynamic occurred when US Airman Aaron Bushnell self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington last month in a dramatic act of political protest. Video of the shocking incident went viral, forcing mainstream media to pick up the story even though a similar protest last year in Atlanta drew little attention.State broadcaster NPR spent a little over a minute covering the incident before pivoting to generalized discussion of political protest by US veterans, invoking the liberal hobgoblin of the January 6 riots and clarifying “the Jewish state… claims self-defense.”Just under 31,000 Palestinian lives have been lost amidst Israel’s « self defense » according to the most recent estimates.
