To think forced starvation is just plain evil!

Horror post? So ridiculous

I've said there's food scarcity

I haven't once suggested that starving children is a fantastic thing

I'm questioning the narrative that we've been fed for the duration of this current conflict...How long can people survive without food? Not for 18 months that's for sure. Teetering on the brink of famine for 18 months? Really? The crowds at the hostage release certainly didn't look emaciated did they?

Well said. Isreal is doing nothing more than stand its ground. These ‘civilians’ that are now ‘starving’ danced in the streets when Hamas raped and murdered innocent people.

Zero sympathy do I have. It is a lesson to each and every supporter of radical terrorists. You rape, bomb, murder. This is what will happen to you.

Disgusting

I wonder if mumsnetters horror at this post will make you think again at how truly appalling this comment is. …..
It’s not your first horror post on this thread…..

I know who you mean. I wrote a reply then deleted it as i dont want to get to their level..
And its not even the above post from comedycook.

Thankyou for saying it.

I haven’t seen any others actually say it though
Ive been attacked for being apparently nieve in thinking it’s not that difficult to work out what is and isn’t Evil.

I mean it's the boy who cried wolf isn't it? On the brink of famine... teetering on the brink... imminent danger ... we've heard this for months...

There’s at least one person on this thread whose. comments are so vile I can barely read them without bile in my throat. They are really quite vocal and have very much suggested that starving a population is justified.

This is beyond appalling. You should be really ashamed of yourself.

I've no doubt there's food scarcity.

Edited to say ..forgot to quote pp

I mean it's the boy who cried wolf isn't it? On the brink of famine... teetering on the brink... imminent danger ... we've heard this for months...

It's not at all true to say that pro Israeli supporters are unable to say that starving Palestinian civilians is evil.

I'm pro Israel but have explicitly stated that I am against the Israel government withholding humanitarian aid into Gaza. I have also seen the other pro Israel people on this thread say similar things.

Some people just get hysterical when any pro Israel sentiment is expressed and start accusing others of holding awful views. It's easy to see how wars start when we are so quick to believe the worst of each other!

It's been explained over and over again that no one on this thread agrees with forced starvation. I'm actually worried about the emotional wellbeing of some of the people contributing to this thread because they are getting so much abuse just for saying the situation in Gaza is not straightforward. I hope everyone's ok - I for one know that you have NOT implied you think it's ok for people to starve.

The fact that you could write this and clearly think it’s fine for civilians to be abducted from their homes and held prisoner says a lot about you.

I'm not saying everyone is eating well and is well nourished. I'm saying if we believed everything we've been told about the food situation, there would barely be a single person left.

You aren't answering my question. You say yourself you have seen emaciated children, is that the boy who cried wolf? I don't understand how on one hand you are saying you've seen emaciated children but on the other hand you don't believe there is any food scarcity? What do you think is happening to the emaciated children you have seen, the 5 month old baby Siwar that I posted the on article about earlier on in the thread why do you think she is wasting away?

This is a really appalling post on a thread I already thought had some of the worst takes I’ve ever seen on mumsnet

I mean it's the boy who cried wolf isn't it? On the brink of famine... teetering on the brink... imminent danger ... we've heard this for months...

I mean it's the boy who cried wolf isn't it? On the brink of famine... teetering on the brink... imminent danger ... we've heard this for months...

Are you not aware that Israel has not allowed aid in since March 2? Of course things have gotten worse since then, Israel have stopped and restricted aid before now but really how do you think people will survive with no aid, farmland all destroyed, fishermen being shot? Genuinely how do you think people will stay alive and healthy? You seem to be waving away what is happening right now so honestly how do you think people will eat enough to prevent malnutrition right now? I would love a straight forward answer from you.

surely the question ought to be why is Hamas starving the Gazans? Israeli blocking of aid trucks is, in effect, neither here nor there. If they send aid trucks in they don’t get to the Gazans anyway. So stopping the supply of aid which is being highjacked by Hamas seems a sensible tactic to cut off the logistical supply for the opposition forces. And before you “ask for sources” even Mahmoud Abbas has admitted that Hamas gangs are doing this (see wafa website).

Bit hard to blame Israel if Hamas will hijack trucks and steal from aid agencies before letting all the civilians eat.

Are you not aware that Israel has not allowed aid in since March 2? Of course things have gotten worse since then, Israel have stopped and restricted aid before now but really how do you think people will survive with no aid, farmland all destroyed, fishermen being shot? Genuinely how do you think people will stay alive and healthy? You seem to be waving away what is happening right now so honestly how do you think people will eat enough to prevent malnutrition right now? I would love a straight forward answer from you.

It is correct that Israel did not agree to the ceasefire because Hamas were not offering a permanent ceasefire.

And yes, it would seem that Netanyahu has changed his goals so getting the hostages back is no longer his first priority.

Well in so far as during times of food scarcity, the very young are the most vulnerable. But this conflict has been going on for 18 months.... we've been told since the start that they are on the brink of famine...

surely the question ought to be why is Hamas starving the Gazans? Israeli blocking of aid trucks is, in effect, neither here nor there. If they send aid trucks in they don’t get to the Gazans anyway. So stopping the supply of aid which is being highjacked by Hamas seems a sensible tactic to cut off the logistical supply for the opposition forces. And before you “ask for sources” even Mahmoud Abbas has admitted that Hamas gangs are doing this (see wafa website).

Bit hard to blame Israel if Hamas will hijack trucks and steal from aid agencies before letting all the civilians eat.