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The accusation by the UN and other humanitarians that Israel may be committing a war crime by deliberately starving Gazaā€™s population is likely to significantly increase the prospect of legal culpability for the country, including at the international court of justice.

Amid reports that the Israel Defense Forces are hiring dozens of lawyers to defend against anticipated cases and legal challenges, the charge that Israel has triggered a ā€œman-made famineā€ by deliberately obstructing the entry of aid into Gaza is backed by an increasing body of evidence.

Already facing a complaint of genocide from South Africa at the ICJ, the UNā€™s top court ā€“ including an allegation that senior Israeli political officials have incited genocide in public statements ā€“ Israel is also the subject of a provisional emergency ruling by the court ordering it to admit life-saving aid to Gaza.

On Wednesday, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, underlined the growing sense of crisis as he warned that all of Gazaā€™s 2 million people were experiencing ā€œsevere levels of acute food insecurityā€ ā€“ the first time an entire population of Gaza has been so classified.

Unlike other issues related to Israelā€™s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza, which has claimed more than 30,000 lives and displaced more than 85% of the population amid widespread destruction, the human-made famine occurring in the Palestinian territory appears more straightforward.

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    8 months ago

    I think militarized occupation enforcing two states solution along with a long trial of investigation to put the problematic actors behind bars is long overdue. The settlers, and groups like Hamas both needs to be addressed (in separate manners, but still a loss). And Israel should be prepared to throw the settlers under the bus as they do more harms to the state of Israel.