The contradictions and cognitive dissonance on this thread is quite something.
I don’t even know where to start.
The pp criticising Israel for imprisoning children for throwing rocks/stones and using an article about British children being sentenced for throwing stones, the pp admitting that they consider all Palestinian prisoners as hostages (WTAF?! Even the ones who have committed terror attacks resulting in multiple deaths. In one of the prisoner releases I added up the death toll from about a dozen of the prisoners and there were over 250 casualties but sure, they’re “hostages”), the people telling ‘pro-Israeli’ posters to stop posting while stating they’ll post what they want, posters saying the “debate” (Ha!) is being shut down and they’re not allowed to talk about things even though we’re now on Page 36, posters saying there’s no evidence that Hamas steals aid even though videos are freely available of aid being stolen, people blaming GHF for the UN not delivering aid and so many other things, it’s impossible to keep up.
In no particular order:
The IPC have used a previously unused metric to declare a famine in Gaza City. The 15% figure appears to have been introduced in their Famine Factsheet via an Aug 2025 update ie previous declarations used a 30% figure. The 15% isn’t the official figure, it’s been added via an asterisk in an infographic that isn’t in the previous (2022) version of the same document so there hasn’t been an official change in criteria (so there is no announcement saying they’ve changed things) but they have used a different test.
The size of the area declared is unusual. Only one area is smaller (Sudan at 16 km2) and the next largest size is 10,000km2. Gaza City is about 18km from the nearest GHF site. I have seen recent footage of people leaving some of the aid in the boxes as they didn’t want it. I have also seen footage of people’s stock piles of certain foods (sugar, cooking oil etc) that get good prices in the markets. Markets are operating (selling what should be free aid) and cafes and restaurants are still selling their range of delicious treats. I have seen stockpiles of aid sitting in Gaza waiting to be collected and distributed.
If Hamas actually wore the uniforms they usually save for their revolting hostage release spectacles, the UN might have a better idea of who is stealing their aid. Months ago, they stopped delivering aid because of “security concerns” ie they couldn’t stop their trucks from being pinched by Hamas/local gangs/any of the multitude of terror factions. As the elected governing force in Gaza, Hamas should be policing things but they lost control. They should be keeping Gazans safe from looters/extortionists/thugs but they’re too busy resisting the occupation to bother with that. It is well known that Hamas controls aid. They were threatening Gazans with death if they used the GHF sites. Why? Why would they not want a population on the brink of starvation to get food? They regularly publicly beat and shoot people they say have looted aid. So much for your due process and fair trials, huh?
The GHF sites are providing aid. I don’t agree with all of their methods, but they are getting food out. There have been no shootings within their sites, but there have been on the way to the sites either by Hamas agent provocateurs or by IDF (using live fire as a method of crowd control is daft). The UN refuses to work with them. They have offered to assist the UN, but that offer has been turned down. Why, in a famine situation with a logistic system in place would the UN decline to get aid to the starving people? The GHF are managing to deliver aid which the WFP have been unable to do in Sudan due to militant activity. GHF staff have been murdered by Hamas, but they’re still going.
As we are frequently told, Gaza is small. Why are people starving while there is enough aid in the country? Distribution is the problem. Why is Hamas not doing something about that or are they not in charge any longer? If there is no government in Gaza, who’s going to run the state when it’s recognised? There are numerous sources showing cafes & restaurants selling delicious looking food (I have never seen so much Nutella). How is that possible??? Hamas controls everything so they are permitting these places to operate. Where are they getting their Nutellasupplies from? It’s coming from somewhere, who are they buying it from? But Hamas doesn’t steal aid? The don’t even need to steal it, they just need to control it. If you risk being beaten to death or shot in the legs if you don’t do what Hamas says, they don’t need to steal anything, do they? Think, people.
I can’t even remember the other ridiculous contradictions people have come out with but I’m sure I’ll find some more to mention.
Blimey….