Everyone has been lining up to accuse Israel of causing an intentional, imminent famine for months. While the war has certainly caused hardships for Palestinians, there was never any evidence to support a famine.
Not only that, but the content Gazans have been posting doesn’t support this reality.
"Honest Reporting" is a watchdog with no responsibility to journalistic integrity. It has no motivation to seek opposing POVs. It should be shared with caution, despite the cute name.
Food insecurity varies in intensity in all regional analysis, explaining how an abundance of readily accessible videos of starvation sit alongside food shots & why Israelis have had to push back on local extremists (even Knesset) blocking aid. Life is always more complicated than any watchdog will admit.
Just sharing this because I know you're very robust when it comes to tackling mis- and disinformation in many fields.
I know this one hits close to home, because you are fighting for Israel's future, but I hope it's still clear that using a source like that one as *the* definitive statement on this situation will undermine the credibility of your assertions.
Watchdogs and advocacy groups are best used in a more comprehensive data assessment environment.
@MLClark actually I don't have a dog in the fight
And I take your point about honest reporting
That said they aren't the only source for the famine being false reporting
report issued quietly earlier this month by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s Famine Review Committee
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112668238144135281
we now know there is no famine in Gaza.
The report I screencapped in the above images is from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification's Famine Review Committee, released June 25. As they illustrate, different zones have different levels of crisis.
I always prefer to look at the original data, and look at how it's being spun by different sources. The article you linked is "spin" as well. There are children dying of malnutrition. Not 2-4 per 100,000 per day yet, but enough that people want to avoid it getting worse.
@MLClark oh yeah I'm not saying areas aren't seeing hardships, off course there are food shortages and some areas are worse than others, but media saying outright there is famine is false & what I'm getting at
Children dieing of malnutrition sadly happens in wars that alone does not mean there is an out and out famine though the way media report it
Why no focus by media about Sudan
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112574966897143158
That's mainly the point also
Btw I have read the report also
Oh, the media definitely focuses on Sudan, too.
The difference, though, is that there's more that Western citizens can *do* on a political level in Gaza. Every time Biden has put pressure on Netanyahu to do more to make aid available, it's because he's responding to local pressure--because the US has influence.
But who in the West is directly involved in Sudan? There is an *active ethnic cleansing* in process, and almost no one has access to push for change.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/09/middleeast/gaza-famine-un-report-intl-latam/index.html
@MLClark UAE is fuelling Sudan’s war and UK and US sell arms to UAE yet there is no protests on our streets about our government's stopping that like we see with protests to stop our government's doing business with Israel
So in a way UK and US is helping that happen
Same as it was in Yeman UAE were killing hundreds of thousands there using weapons from UK mainly
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/101240347996114932
and US mercenaries were used to kill individuals on a kill list
Oh, Canadians know all about that! We protested Harper's arms deal with UAE while it was attacking Yemen, and Trudeau was voted in in part because people thought he'd tear up that contract. He didn't.
Right now, Israel is a main talking point in Congress and the RNC. It's *everywhere* in US culture, so it makes a lot of sense that average citizens would feel invested in the humanitarian aspects of this war.
The UAE, Wagner, and all others involved in Sudan are serious issues, too.
@MLClark *curtsey* 😊 ideal world they clusterfucks wouldn't need attention drawn towards them - but here we are
Always like our wee back and forth's - learn for each other is what its about
Back atchya have a good one
@ecksmc
Seriously, man, thank you for EVERYTHING you do. I've learned so freaking much from you about data security issues over the last two years. And you're also one of the folks here who calls attention to other clusterfucks the world over, for which I am *sorely* appreciative.
Have a great day, you!