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Lee Priday's avatar

That the NPC invited the Israeli ambassador to speak when it has disinvited Chris Hedges, a pro-Palestine voice, just goes to show that as an organisation it is either pro-Zionist or afraid of a Zionist backlash. The NPC should be ashamed of itself - it's a farce.

Roslyn Ross's avatar

From the start the Israeli Government figures clearly stated the plan was NO WATER, NO FOOD, NO MEDICINE, NO POWER, NO NOTHING. That is genocide, particularly when they know half of the prisoners in the Gaza concentration camp are children. And malnourished children.

And since it is clearly documented by international doctors that the Israeli army has been shooting toddlers in the head and heart, and older children of course; shooting little boys and big ones in the genitals and banned baby formula which meant newborns dying in agony over days because their starving mothers could not produce milk - ALL OF THAT IS GENOCIDE BY INTENT AND ACTION.

More so because Israel has been starving the Palestinians in Gaza from 2006 and admitted they had, 'put them on a diet.'That is genocide.

Quote: In early 2006, Dov Weisglass, then a senior advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, explained that Israeli policy was designed “to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” In 2012 it was revealed that in early 2008 Israeli authorities drew up a document calculating the minimum caloric intake necessary for Palestinians to avoid malnutrition so Israel could limit the amount of foodstuffs allowed into Gaza without causing outright starvation.

According to a 2012 joint report by Save the Children and UK-based Medical Aid for Palestinians:

10% of children under five experienced stunted growth due to prolonged malnutrition due to the blockade and siege.

58.6% of Gaza’s schoolchildren were anemic, as were more than 68% of children aged nine to 12 months and nearly 37% of pregnant women.

According to UNICEF, more than 90% of the water from Gaza’s only aquifer is unsafe for human consumption due to pollution, while repairs to Gaza’s sewage and water infrastructure cannot be carried out because of Israeli restrictions on the entry of building materials and equipment.

Gaza suffered from severe shortages of electricity due to Israeli restrictions on imports of equipment needed to replace and repair the electrical infrastructure, even before Israel bombed Gaza’s only power plant during its latest assault.

https://imeu.org/article/putting-palestinians-on-a-diet-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza

New Politics's avatar

1000% this.

Philip Martin's avatar

When the president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry tells you that they haven't been allowed to express themselves fully as proud zionists you know where the propaganda is coming from

Marcia Sikimeti's avatar

This was an appalling address, shame on the National Press Club.

Roslyn Ross's avatar

From the start the Israeli Government figures clearly stated the plan was NO WATER, NO FOOD, NO MEDICINE, NO POWER, NO NOTHING. That is genocide, particularly when they know half of the prisoners in the Gaza concentration camp are children. And malnourished children.

And since it is clearly documented by international doctors that the Israeli army has been shooting toddlers in the head and heart, and older children of course; shooting little boys and big ones in the genitals and banned baby formula which meant newborns dying in agony over days because their starving mothers could not produce milk - ALL OF THAT IS GENOCIDE BY INTENT AND ACTION.

More so because Israel has been starving the Palestinians in Gaza from 2006 and admitted they had, 'put them on a diet.'That is genocide.

Quote: In early 2006, Dov Weisglass, then a senior advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, explained that Israeli policy was designed “to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” In 2012 it was revealed that in early 2008 Israeli authorities drew up a document calculating the minimum caloric intake necessary for Palestinians to avoid malnutrition so Israel could limit the amount of foodstuffs allowed into Gaza without causing outright starvation.

According to a 2012 joint report by Save the Children and UK-based Medical Aid for Palestinians:

10% of children under five experienced stunted growth due to prolonged malnutrition due to the blockade and siege.

58.6% of Gaza’s schoolchildren were anemic, as were more than 68% of children aged nine to 12 months and nearly 37% of pregnant women.

According to UNICEF, more than 90% of the water from Gaza’s only aquifer is unsafe for human consumption due to pollution, while repairs to Gaza’s sewage and water infrastructure cannot be carried out because of Israeli restrictions on the entry of building materials and equipment.

Gaza suffered from severe shortages of electricity due to Israeli restrictions on imports of equipment needed to replace and repair the electrical infrastructure, even before Israel bombed Gaza’s only power plant during its latest assault.

https://imeu.org/article/putting-palestinians-on-a-diet-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza

TRADE CRAFTERS's avatar

There’s something almost forensic about the way this is laid out—like someone taking apart a watch on a table, piece by piece, not to admire it, but to show where the gears don’t quite mesh.

Each claim gets isolated, turned over, compared against something else, and what looked solid at first begins to feel less certain under that kind of light.

But what’s interesting isn’t just the correction of facts. It’s the deeper struggle over who gets to define reality in the first place. Because once that’s contested, every statement becomes less about information and more about alignment—who you trust, which lens you use, what you’re willing to accept as credible.

It’s like two people looking at the same map, each insisting the other is reading it upside down. And somewhere in that tension, the terrain itself starts to matter less than the argument over how to see it.