UN Food Expert Accuses Israel of Using Starvation as Genocide

The crisis facing Gaza's 2.3 million residents has reached a breaking point, with nearly 90% of the population displaced and facing severe food shortages. Fakhri, a law professor at the University of Oregon, asserts that Israel is targeting the very means of survival—including fishing vessels, greenhouses, and orchards—to deny Palestinians access to nourishment. The destruction of food production centers has left civilians consuming livestock feed and grass to stay alive, a reality Fakhri describes as "torturous and vile."

The Legal and Humanitarian Collapse

While international bodies like the International Court of Justice have previously warned of a plausible risk of genocide, aid delivery continues to falter. UNRWA has been forced to suspend humanitarian operations due to security threats, compounded by right-wing Israeli demonstrators physically blocking aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. Meanwhile, the human toll mounts: health officials report that children are dying from malnutrition, and recent surges in violence have pushed the death toll to over 29,800 since October 7. Despite diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire before Ramadan, Israeli and Hamas officials remain deadlocked, leaving the population of Gaza in a state of deepening catastrophe.