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The famine in Gaza generates a lot of outrage because there was a line of trucks loaded with food rotting outside, as there is an apartheid system in place acti

by Qem 2y ago

The famine in Gaza generates a lot of outrage because there was a line of trucks loaded with food rotting outside, as there is an apartheid system in place actively withholding food to generate said famine. We have even instances were soldiers were caught in camera gunning down starving people trying to get food, like the infamous flour massacre: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_massacre

gryzzly 2y ago
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- psychlops 2y ago
  Al Jazeera can't be used so you cite....Instagram?
  - gryzzly 2y ago
    yeah, seeing shit with your own eyes, with links to original tiktoks and time stamps are better than state-sponsored EXTREMELY biased media
gruez 2y ago
>The famine in Gaza generates a lot of outrage because there was a line of trucks loaded with food rotting outside, as there is an apartheid system in place actively withholding food to generate said famine. That sounds... pretty similar to what's happening in Sudan? From the OP: >[...] Some of the shortage is down to theft and damage by the RSF and other militias. But much blame lies also with the SAF, which is loth to allow food into areas, including most of Darfur, under the control of the RSF. >A single convoy of aid trucks can wait six weeks or more in Port Sudan to be cleared by the SAF for onward travel. Even then, almost all of it goes to SAF-controlled areas. Only a tiny fraction has reached Darfur. [...]
- Qem 2y ago
  Sudan is, like, over 1000 km wide. The Gaza strip is only 25 km in its longest side. In one case sheer distance imposes some logistic challenges to deliver aid. In the other the distance that separates starving people from food could be traversed by foot, if occupation forces were not playing target practice with them. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-palestinian-children-killed-idf-israel-war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-palestini... and https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/11/13/if-gaza-was-in-your-city-how-much-would-be-destroyed https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/11/13/if-gaza-w...

by Qem 2y ago

gryzzly 2y ago

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psychlops 2y ago
Al Jazeera can't be used so you cite....Instagram?
- gryzzly 2y ago
  yeah, seeing shit with your own eyes, with links to original tiktoks and time stamps are better than state-sponsored EXTREMELY biased media

gruez 2y ago

>The famine in Gaza generates a lot of outrage because there was a line of trucks loaded with food rotting outside, as there is an apartheid system in place actively withholding food to generate said famine. That sounds... pretty similar to what's happening in Sudan? From the OP: >[...] Some of the shortage is down to theft and damage by the RSF and other militias. But much blame lies also with the SAF, which is loth to allow food into areas, including most of Darfur, under the control of the RSF. >A single convoy of aid trucks can wait six weeks or more in Port Sudan to be cleared by the SAF for onward travel. Even then, almost all of it goes to SAF-controlled areas. Only a tiny fraction has reached Darfur. [...]

Qem 2y ago
Sudan is, like, over 1000 km wide. The Gaza strip is only 25 km in its longest side. In one case sheer distance imposes some logistic challenges to deliver aid. In the other the distance that separates starving people from food could be traversed by foot, if occupation forces were not playing target practice with them. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-palestinian-children-killed-idf-israel-war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-palestini... and https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/11/13/if-gaza-was-in-your-city-how-much-would-be-destroyed https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/11/13/if-gaza-w...