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‘Lies’: Israel denounces Amnesty charge that aid system uses starvation in Gaza genocide

2025-07-04

[IsraelTimes] UK human rights group says Israel creating ‘deadly mix of hunger and disease’; Israeli Foreign Ministry responds: Amnesty joining forces with Hamas

Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming it had evidence that a controversial Israeli- and US-backed system to distribute aid in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
uses starvation tactics against Paleostinians to continue to commit what it called genocide in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with the Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
terror group. Israel responded by saying the group had adopted Hamas lies as its narrative.

The UK-based human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
group condemned Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which the US and Israel have backed to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
"Israel’s genocide has continued unabated in Gaza, including through the infliction of conditions of life that have created a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point, said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary general, said in the report.

The Foreign Ministry denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organization has "joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies."

"Its new name now is ’Amnesty Hamas,'" the ministry said.

At the same time, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Paleostinian territories — who has been condemned by Israel and the US for antisemitism — urged an international arms embargo on Israel for what she alleged is "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza’s Hamas-controlled Health Ministry says more than 500 Paleostinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centers over the past month. The figures cannot be verified and do not distinguish between civilians and combatants. The centers are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Paleostinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites.

The Amnesty report said Israel has "turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Paleostinians" through GHF’s militarized hubs. The conditions have created "a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point."

"This devastating daily loss of life as desperate Paleostinians try to collect aid is the consequence of their deliberate targeting by Israeli forces and the foreseeable consequence of irresponsible and lethal methods of distribution," Callamard said.

ISRAEL REJECTS CLAIMS
The Israeli army says it has fired warning shots to control crowds and only fires at people it says are acting suspiciously.

The Foreign Ministry and COGAT, the Israeli defense body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said Israel has facilitated the entry of over 3,000 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip since May 19 and the GHF has delivered boxes of food with the equivalent of 56 million meals.

UN EXPERT URGES ARMS EMBARGO
In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Paleostinian Territories Francesca Albanese said: "The situation in the occupied Paleostinian territory is apocalyptic."

"Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history," she added, in a speech that was met with a burst of applause from the Geneva council.

Israel’s delegate was not present in the room in line with a new policy to disengage with the council, which Israel says has an antisemitic bias.

Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Albanese’s speech.

The Trump administration has recently asked for the UN to remove Albanese, accusing her of "virulent antisemitism and support for terrorism."

Albanese, one of dozens of independent UN-mandated experts to document abuses around the world, was presenting her latest report, which named over 60 companies she said were involved in supporting Israeli settlements in the West Bank and military actions in Gaza.

"What I expose is not a list, it is a system, and that is to be addressed," she told the council.

"We must reverse the tide," she added, calling for states to impose a full arms embargo, suspend all trade agreements and ensure companies face legal consequences for their involvement in violations of international law.

Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva earlier this week said Albanese’s latest report was "legally groundless, defamatory and a flagrant abuse of her office."

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