Posted on 11/14/2025 4:46:05 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
Shift from famine declaration in Gaza to normalcy happens in the space of a few weeks
For months, headlines warned of an impending famine in Gaza — images of starving children, shattered infrastructure and humanitarian collapse filled the news. On Aug. 22, 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared that while full data was lacking, expert inference indicated famine was underway. Governments pledged aid; humanitarian agencies sounded alarms. Yet today, the word "famine" has nearly vanished from headlines. What happened?
This is not to deny the human suffering in Gaza; it is to ask difficult, necessary questions. Was famine averted, exaggerated or politically reframed?
Famine has been described as a tree swaying in the wind — at some point it cannot recover and cannot be returned upright. But Gaza’s "famine tree" never appeared to fully sway. If aid efforts or local resilience truly prevented catastrophe, where is the evidence? On August 22, 2025, famine was declared, and the global press carried that narrative. Then came a shift to the word "starvation." Now, even that language has faded.
The distinction matters. Famine is a technical classification grounded in data — household food security surveys, acute malnutrition rates and mortality. Starvation, by contrast, is a moral and legal term implying intent; under international law, using starvation as a weapon constitutes a war crime. In Gaza, this rhetorical shift occurred before comprehensive data was gathered — an escalation of accusation without empirical foundation.
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We are living in post-reality.
There have been so many lies coming out of Gaza. The question is not what are they lying about now, but what haven’t they lied about?
The Gazans are all fat.
The Jews overfed them to give them Obesity! /tucker
Dunno .... fast food? Mickie D’s and BgrKing?
Israel gave the Fakestinians so much free food that they’re all obese and need Israel’s free medical care
there has to be a “Jewish conspiracy” joke in there, somewhere?
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TAQIYYA. Not a single political word from a Muslim can be believed. It is part of their religion.
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