Gaza is not Starving. Gaza is Being Starved
It’s astonishing that the New Yorker could publish a long and putatively comprehensive article on the imminent famine in Gaza (“Gaza is Starving” January 3, 2024) and fail to mention Israel. The looming mass starvation we are all witnessing is not a natural disaster nor an act of God, but is, rather, the result of a deliberate policy announced in early October by officials of the Israeli government: the Palestinians in Gaza would be denied food and water, medicines and fuel, and Gaza would become a place where no human being could exist. That’s a war crime, and it was immediately embraced by our government, which now stands alone in the world providing a green light for mass annihilation.
William Ayers, Chicago
Bill Ayers 