The United Nations on Friday, August 22, officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first in the Middle East, with its experts saying 500,000 people were facing "catastrophic" hunger.

Israel plans to fully occupy the Gaza Strip and forcibly displace the residents of Gaza City from the north of the territory to the south.

The decision comes at a time when starvation has severely gripped the Gaza Strip. According to UN officials, since late May, nearly 1,400 people struggling to obtain basic food supplies have been killed through Israel’s failed food distribution. In addition, more than 500,000 people in Gaza are facing starvation, and all 320,000 children under the age of 5 are at risk of severe malnutrition.

Palestinian children are bearing the brunt of the war in Gaza.

• Gaza’s children face war, starvation, trauma and the loss of education.
• Severe restrictions are preventing the adequate delivery of aid.

Children in Gaza are living through one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises. For nearly two years, they have faced bombardment, hunger and displacement as they bear the brunt of the war. Thousands of children have been killed, and many more are living with life-changing injuries and severe mental trauma.

Every day that passes, children, women, and men die of hunger in Gaza. Two million people are in a situation of absolute survival, deprived of food, water, and medical care. Alarming reports from humanitarian organizations and the United Nations confirm that widespread famine is underway.

This situation constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law and fundamental human rights.

It's about human lives; there is nothing more urgent and important in the world than this.

Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, citing that these organizations are “not authorized to deliver aid.” In July alone, over 60 requests were denied under this justification.

This obstruction has left millions of dollars’ worth of food, medicine, water, and shelter items stranded in warehouses across Jordan and Egypt, while Palestinians are being starved. 

Signatories

1. United Kingdom: $ 71.0 billion
2. Germany: $ 59.3 billion
3. Netherlands: $ 51.9 billion
4. Belgium: $ 50.9 billion
5. France: $ 29.4 billion
6. Switzerland: $ 18.8 billion
7. Ireland: $ 12.2 billion
8. Sweden: $ 9.2 billion
9. Italy: $ 4.1 billion
10. Finland: $ 2.2 billion
11. Austria: $ 1.7 billion
12. Denmark: $ 1.5 billion
13. Spain: $ 1.2 billion

1. Germany: 923,600
2. France: 767, 800
3. Netherlands: 603,100
4. Ireland: 375,800
5. Sweden: 280,700
6. Italy: 101,800
7. Spain: 82,900
8. Belgium: 80,000
9. Denmark: 48,300
10. Luxembourg: 44,400
11. Austria: 38,400
12. Finland: 34,600
13. Poland: 1,200

Total: 3,382, 600 or 2% of the total US workforce of 163.37 millions

Germany (3rd largest source of FDI in the USA $ 657,842 Millions (end of 2023) 

Donald Trump is putting even more pressure on the European Union after Brussels bowed its head and agreed to a trade deal with 15% tariffs on EU imports (only a 5% reduction from the initial 20% tariffs Washington wanted). With just 48 hours to go before the new global tariffs come into effect—the fine print of which is still unknown because no agreement has been made public—the US president has threatened the Europeans with 35% taxes if they don't keep their promise to invest $600 billion.

1. It will cost the EU companies 4-5 times more to do business with the U.S.
2. The EU has committed to invest more 750 billion dollars in energy and chips
3. The EU has committed another 600 billion dollars on vague investments.

The latter on its own will lead to the solid groundwork for another 1,35 trillion dollar trade deficit with the US. This is not just a surrender but rather 27 countries all together making a fool of themselves.

Few people can understand why the EU bowed unconditionally.