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SUPPLIED TO I CIVILISED WESTERN GOVERNMENTS
Consequences: Civilian Suffering on an Unprecedented Scale
- Israel's Western-backed aerial and ground campaign in Gaza has resulted in tens of thousands killed, the vast majority being non-combatant women, children, and men25.
- The scale, pace, and indiscriminate nature of the violence have led legal scholars, UN experts, and courts to state that these actions may amount to genocide2, compounded by deliberate denial of humanitarian aid.
- Advanced Western-made weaponry — bombs, artillery, drones, and aircraft — has been key to the destruction of residential areas, hospitals, and safe zones, with documented attacks on places designated as havens for civilians58.
The Hypocrisy of “Western Civilisation”
- Western leaders routinely extol values of human rights, democracy, and civilisation, yet their governments underwrite the destruction of Gaza by supplying the very means for mass killing of innocents258.
- Even as eyewitness images of dead children and devastated families emerge daily, the official stance often justifies continued arms transfers under the rhetoric of “self-defense”, subordinating universal values of civilian protection to geopolitical alliances58.
- “Civilised” societies that once once condemned such acts elsewhere have enabled — and profited from — the use of the most advanced killing technologies on the world’s most vulnerable community.
- Some public protests have erupted, but mainstream society and political establishments largely remain unmoved, or actively silent, about the suffering unleashed with their industries’ and governments’ complicity25.
- This silence from much of the Western citizenry — sometimes indifference, sometimes denial — signals an alarming comfort with atrocity committed in their name, by weapons built in their towns, funded by their taxes, and defended by their representatives26.
- Such hypocrisy exposes the moral bankruptcy at the heart of Western claims to universal values, revealing a civilisation willing to trade human life for profit, alliances, and diplomatic convenience.
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Since GHF food distribution began in late May 2025,
- at least 875 Palestinians have been killed and thousands more injured while queuing for or retrieving food aid—most at or near GHF-managed sites.
- Children constitute a significant portion of the casualties, and attacks continue to occur almost daily1523.
- These events have drawn widespread condemnation and urgent calls for a return to humanitarian aid distribution under international guidelines.
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Exposing The New York Times
The Paper of Zionist Record
The New York Times is an accomplice to the genocide in Gaza, serving as a mouthpiece for American imperialism and shaping elite consensus around foreign policy. Times editors have told reporters to avoid “inflammatory terms” like “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupied territory” — and even to avoid saying “Palestine.” Headline writers have manipulated the English language and deployed tricks of syntax to obscure the U.S. and Israel’s perpetration of atrocities and blame Palestinians for their own oppression. Reporters have printed the Israeli military’s lies.The Times’ commitment to Zionism is systemic and generational. For decades, critics of U.S. foreign policy have offered crucial analyses of the paper’s bias. This dossier borrows from and adds to that body of criticism by exposing the material and ideological ties to occupation and apartheid held by many high-ranking editors, journalists, and executive officers at the Times. The employees included in this dossier are individually as well as structurally incentivized to run cover for war criminals. That these individuals are empowered to frame the discourse around Israel’s genocide is an indictment of the entire institution of The New York Times.
Such an indictment demands a public response. Journalistic malpractice enables the weapons shipments that sustain the war on Gaza. The mass slaughter of a besieged people must be named for what it is: a genocide. The New York Times must be held accountable for its complicity. We continue to call on readers of the Times and members of the public to boycott, divest, and unsubscribe from the paper of criminal record. You can learn more about our campaign here.
This dossier is an ongoing and evolving project. To submit information about a Times staffer’s ties
Exposing The New York Times: The Paper of Zionist Record
High-ranking Times editors and reporters have material and ideological ties to Israel’s occupation and apartheid. Their journalistic malpractice enables genocide in Gaza.
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Catherine Russel - an average of 28 children have been killed each day. The equivalent of an entire classroom of children. Consider that for a moment. A whole classroom of children killed each day for nearly two years.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council that an average of 28 children have been killed every day in Gaza over the past 21 months—a rate equivalently described as “an entire classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years”245712. Russell highlighted that over 17,000 children have reportedly been killed and 33,000 injured during this period, underscoring the devastating impact of the conflict on Gaza's children2457.
She stressed, “These children are not combatants. They are being killed and maimed as they line up for lifesaving food and medicine,” emphasizing the innocence of those affected and the indiscriminate dangers they face54. Russell implored, “Consider that for a moment: a whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years”21254.
The situation was further described as one where children are paying the highest price amid widespread famine, medical collapse, and continued bombardment, with UN officials warning there is “no safe place for civilians anywhere in Gaza”4.
Russell's remarks served as a stark call for urgent action, drawing attention to the ongoing and relentless toll on Gaza’s youngest and most vulnerable population25712
The daily loss of children in Gaza is historically unprecedented compared to other recent conflicts. According to UN and humanitarian organizations:
- In just four months, at least 12,300 children were killed in Gaza, surpassing the number of children killed in all conflicts worldwide—12,193—during four years from 2019 to 202215.
- In the first three weeks of the conflict (October 2023), more children were reported killed in Gaza than the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones in each of the past three years5.
- Over the past year, more than 11,000 children have been killed in Gaza, while in the first 2.5 years of the Syria conflict, the number was about 4,700 children per year (an average of roughly 394 children per month in Syria, vs. nearly 1,000 per month or more in Gaza)2.
- Oxfam and other agencies analyzed data and found “the number of children killed in Gaza far exceeds any single year for children killed in all conflicts”23.
- The average daily civilian death rate in Gaza (across all ages) is higher than in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, or Ukraine in recent decades47. Specifically, “many more children have been killed in Gaza every day” compared to these conflicts7.
Humanitarian agencies and the UN have thus labelled the rate and scale of child deaths in Gaza as the highest by far among modern conflicts1247.
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19 July 2025
At least 32 Palestinians seeking food have been killed by Israeli gunfire near two aid distribution points close to Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
On 15 July, the UN human rights office said it had so far recorded 674 killings in the vicinity of the GHF's four sites in southern and central Gaza over the past six weeks.
Another 201 killings had been recorded along routes of UN and other aid convoys, it added.
The UN also said this week that the number of acutely malnourished children has doubled since Israel began restricting food entering the territory in March. Despite the creation of the GHF significant amounts of aid, including baby formula, is still being blocked at the border.
On Friday, the director of one field hospital said in a statement that they had an unprecedented influx of patients suffering from severe exhaustion, emaciation and acute malnutrition.
So far, 69 children have died from malnutrition during the increasing humanitarian crisis, according to the Hamas government media office.
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At least 32 Palestinians seeking food have been killed by Israeli gunfire near two aid distribution points close to Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
On 15 July, the UN human rights office said it had so far recorded 674 killings in the vicinity of the GHF's four sites in southern and central Gaza over the past six weeks.
Another 201 killings had been recorded along routes of UN and other aid convoys, it added.
The UN also said this week that the number of acutely malnourished children has doubled since Israel began restricting food entering the territory in March. Despite the creation of the GHF significant amounts of aid, including baby formula, is still being blocked at the border.
On Friday, the director of one field hospital said in a statement that they had an unprecedented influx of patients suffering from severe exhaustion, emaciation and acute malnutrition.
So far, 69 children have died from malnutrition during the increasing humanitarian crisis, according to the Hamas government media office.
Gaza: Dozens killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites, Hamas-run ministry says
More than 100 others were also injured near two sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to the Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence agency.
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UK and 27 nations accuse Israel of 'drip feeding' aid to Gaza civilians as they condemn 'horrifying' killings
In a joint statement the countries call for an end to the war and the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
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Horrifying story behind photo of starving child in Gaza
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, aged around 18 months, is photographed in his mother's arms in the tent they now share in Gaza City
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- HOW DO 800 - 1,000 UNARMED PALESTINIANS GET KILLED WHILE SEEKING FOOD ?
- THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS
Jul 25, 2025
Over 800 to 1,000 unarmed Palestinians seeking food in Gaza have been killed since late May 2025, according to multiple United Nations sources and major human rights organisations.
Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began overseeing the majority of food aid distribution in Gaza at the end of May 2025, there has been a marked rise in Palestinian casualties while queuing for food. Major findings from multiple humanitarian and news agencies indicate the following:
- At least 800 to over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food at or near distribution points since the end of May 2025123456. The majority of fatalities
Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 25, 2025
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Israel denies that there is a starvation crisis or famine in Gaza, despite mounting international reports and humanitarian warnings of widespread hunger and deaths due to malnutrition. The Israeli government and military have rejected allegations that they are intentionally starving the Gaza population, attributing food shortages to Hamas's actions and claiming that food distribution responsibility lies with the UN and aid organizations. Israel asserts that it is facilitating some aid deliveries through controlled air drops and plans to open humanitarian corridors, but it denies the existence of a man-made famine caused by Israeli policies 125.
Too little - too late
This underscores a political and social reality where government actions do not yet face significant democratic accountability or grassroots demand for ending support for Israel’s military operations amid the Gaza humanitarian catastrophe.
Among the G7 countries, the main contributors or sellers of arms to Israel are:
This information is based on data from 2019 to 2023 and reporting into early 2025, including export licenses, government statements, and international monitoring organizations. Some countries have taken steps to restrict or pause arms sales amid conflicts, but deliveries of previously contracted arms often continue.
Palestinians are starving or being killed by Israeli troops while seeking aid almost daily.
How did we get here?
Comment: The barbaric and cruel unconcerned silence of the G7 electorate. The civilised !- United States
- Germany
- Italy
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- France
- Japan
- Despite some government-level actions such as partial suspensions or reviews of arms export licenses to Israel (for example, the UK suspended dozens of arms licences but allowed others to continue), public pressure within G7 countries to fully halt arms supplies has remained very limited and largely ineffective. Many arms exports continue through loopholes or under broad licenses 12.
- Public demonstrations and political mobilization on the scale that might force decisive government action have been minimal or modest across the G7 electorates. Official statements by governments expressing concern or condemnation only recently intensified, but the bulk of public opinion remains largely disengaged or passive on this issue2.
- Human Rights Watch and other human rights organizations have criticized the G7 nations for giving Israel what amounts to a "green light" to continue military operations that have resulted in civilian deaths and starvation, highlighting the contradictory behavior of continued arms transfers alongside rhetorical concern5.
- Recent diplomatic pressures by some G7 leaders (France, Germany, UK) to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza and calls for ceasefires came only after prolonged crises and are relatively limited in scope; no widespread or forceful public uprising has been seen to demand an end to arms supplies or more robust intervention45.
- Polls and reports point out that, while sympathy for Palestinians and concern over Gaza’s humanitarian crisis have grown in Europe somewhat, this has not translated into strong, organized political or public action that affects government policies on arms exports or Israel’s military conduct 2.
This underscores a political and social reality where government actions do not yet face significant democratic accountability or grassroots demand for ending support for Israel’s military operations amid the Gaza humanitarian catastrophe.
Among the G7 countries, the main contributors or sellers of arms to Israel are:
- United States: By far the largest supplier, providing about 69% of Israel’s major conventional arms imports from 2019 to 2023. U.S. military aid includes advanced aircraft, precision-guided munitions, missile defense systems like Iron Dome, and other key defense technologies18.
- Germany: The second-largest supplier, accounting for approximately 30% of Israel’s arms imports from 2019 to 2023. German exports include air defense components, ammunition, engines for tanks and armored vehicles, naval warships, and technology for weapons development. Germany also provides significant military aid related to these arms sales124.
- Italy: Considered the third-largest European supplier. Italian arms sales to Israel include helicopters and naval artillery. Though Italy has attempted to review and restrict arms sales during active conflicts, deliveries of orders signed before recent escalations have continued12411.
- United Kingdom: The UK has sold arms to Israel worth at least £500 million since 2015. Despite suspending some arms licenses amid recent conflict, many remain active, including exports of military products and dual-use items. The UK is also involved in military cooperation with Israel, including intelligence and training partnerships5710.
- Canada: While Canada declared halts on future arms exports to Israel, it continues to supply arms in some capacity, making it the first G7 country to officially attempt a ban, which is seen as a notable step but not yet fully comprehensive34.
- France and Japan: France has not transferred arms to Israel since 1998 but supplies components that may support Israeli domestic arms production. Japan is not prominently listed among suppliers to Israel in recent data.
This information is based on data from 2019 to 2023 and reporting into early 2025, including export licenses, government statements, and international monitoring organizations. Some countries have taken steps to restrict or pause arms sales amid conflicts, but deliveries of previously contracted arms often continue.
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'I witnessed war crimes' in Gaza, former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
'I witnessed war crimes' in Gaza, former worker at GHF aid site tells BBCCloseA retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres.
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC.
He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
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Full Speech: Israeli Human Rights Groups Say Israel Is Starving and Bombing Gaza | AC1B
Several prominent Israeli human rights groups focus on monitoring, reporting, and advocating for the protection of human and civil rights, particularly in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The most notable organizations include:
- B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, established in 1989, aims to document and educate about human rights violations in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. In 2025, B'Tselem became one of the first Israeli organizations to accuse the Israeli government of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, basing its claims on detailed investigations and statements by officials5.
- Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI): An Israeli organization focused on health rights, PHRI supported B'Tselem’s findings in 2025, specifically highlighting what it characterized as the deliberate and systematic destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza5.
- Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI): Founded in 1972, ACRI is Israel’s oldest and most influential civil and human rights group, working to advance a broad spectrum of rights, including freedom of speech and equality. ACRI provides legal advocacy, publishes reports, and engages in public campaigns3.
- HaMoked: This group provides free legal aid to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, focusing on issues such as freedom of movement, family unification, administrative detention, house demolitions, residency revocations, and protection of detainees’ rights. HaMoked is also involved in litigation and broader advocacy for human rights under occupation6.
- Yesh Din: Established in 2005, Yesh Din works to protect the rights of Palestinians under Israeli military occupation. The group documents violations, supports legal actions, and campaigns against issues such as settler violence and lack of law enforcement on crimes against Palestinians7.
Recent Developments:
In July 2025, for the first time, two major Israeli rights groups (B'Tselem and PHRI) publicly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing evidence of mass killings, destruction of infrastructure, forced displacement, and statements from senior Israeli officials indicating genocidal intent. Their findings have sparked significant internal and international debate, particularly as these accusations are unprecedented for Israeli-based advocacy organizations589.
Caveat:
While these groups are recognized for their rigorous documentation, their findings are often contested by the Israeli government and some segments of Israeli society, highlighting the highly sensitive and polarized nature of human rights work in this context5.
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(1) "Hamas turned charity into a billion dollar racket just like the mafia."
- Claim: Hamas has turned Gaza charity and aid into a criminal enterprise worth billions, similar to mafia operations.
- There are frequent claims in media and some opinion pieces that Hamas profiteers from Gaza's aid sector, taxing tunnel commerce, skimming off international assistance, and that senior Hamas leaders have grown wealthy, some reportedly becoming millionaires through such activities1. However, there is no credible evidence that Gaza's charity sector constitutes a "billion dollar racket" run by Hamas in a mafia-like fashion. The figure of "billions" is not substantiated by independent audit or oversight.
- Independent reviews from international bodies and aid organizations, including USAID and multiple U.S. and Israeli security sources, have not found evidence of systematic, large-scale theft or diversion of aid by Hamas on anything resembling a "racket" of that magnitude—particularly regarding U.N. or American-funded supplies in 2024–2025234.
(2) "Hamas is killing the starving Palestinians."
- Claim: Hamas is responsible for starving Palestinians and their deaths from hunger.
- Multiple UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and health groups attribute the famine and starvation first and foremost to Israeli military operations and the blockade, which severely restricts food and humanitarian aid into Gaza356789.
- While Israel and some Western officials have accused Hamas of exacerbating the crisis or "using food as a weapon," they have not provided public, verifiable evidence that Hamas is systematically causing death by starvation324.
- The Hamas-run health authority in Gaza and international bodies regularly report that Israeli blockades, attacks on infrastructure, and targeting of distribution centers have resulted in many deaths from malnutrition and even direct attacks on people queuing for food67910.
- No major humanitarian or independent body places primary blame for deaths from starvation on Hamas. The prevailing expert consensus is that the blockade and ongoing combat—waged by Israel—are the primary drivers of famine, though chaos and criminality on the ground are reported as secondary aggravating factors35267.
(3) "Hamas is stealing the food."
- Claim: Hamas is systematically stealing food and aid intended for civilians.
- The Israeli government has repeatedly made this allegation, and many Israeli official sources cite "intelligence" for the claim5911. However, multiple investigations by the UN, USAID, and even internal reviews within the Israeli military have found no evidence of widespread, systematic theft of humanitarian aid by Hamas in 2024–20253249.
- There have been sporadic reports of criminal gangs and looters (some reportedly operating with Israeli permission) seizing or selling aid. However, these actions are not proven to be centrally coordinated by Hamas, and, in many cases, Hamas security has reportedly been involved in efforts to secure aid convoys29.
- The New York Times, Reuters, and USAID found no documented cases of Hamas routinely stealing large quantities of U.N. or western-funded aid. The only documented regular theft involves criminal gangs294.
(4) "Hamas [is] creating the famine, not Israel."
- Claim: Hamas is responsible for orchestrating or engineering the famine, not the Israeli government.
- All major humanitarian organizations, the United Nations, World Health Organization, and independent legal experts identify the Israeli blockade and military operations as the principal causes of the famine conditions in Gaza35678.
- Israel controls all borders and all aid access to Gaza and has repeatedly limited, delayed, or halted food convoys. These policies are described as "man-made starvation" by the UN, WHO, and numerous aid groups3567.
- Claims that Hamas "created the famine" are found only in Israeli government statements and some opinion columns, none of which offer independent, direct evidence for this assertion3524.
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Israel’s Netanyahu is wrong: People are starving in Gaza
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “There is no starvation in Gaza.” U.N. data, news reports, images and reports from humanitarian groups working on the ground in Gaza contradict his Pants on Fire claim.
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Are these, aside from the unavoidable obvious, Epstein distractions—token statements soon forgotten, with no follow-through action? Too often, time tells the same familiar story.
Gaza experiencing 'real starvation', Donald Trump says
The US president's comments come after Israel's prime minister said claims of hunger were a "lie".
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