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Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee toured a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, which has been almost completely destroyed and is now a largely depopulated Israeli military zone.

 

International outcry over images of emaciated children and increasing reports of hunger-related deaths have pressured Israel to let more aid into the Gaza Strip. This week, Israel paused fighting in parts of Gaza and airdropped food. But aid groups and Palestinians say the changes have only been incremental and are not enough to reverse what food experts say is a “ worst-case scenario of famine” unfolding in the war-ravaged territory.

[–] zero@fek.xyz -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Then we'd be talking about "How Did Obesity Get So Much Worse in Gaza?"

 

Less food is going into Gaza now than during most other times in the war. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while heading toward aid sites. Many others are suffering from serious malnutrition, and Gazan health officials say scores have died from it.

 

When President Trump slammed India this week for purchasing large amounts of Russian oil, threatening a “penalty” tariff on top of a 25 percent levy, it came like a lightning bolt. India has been a leading and conspicuous buyer of Russian energy since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, as most Western countries curtailed their purchases or stopped buying altogether.

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[–] zero@fek.xyz -5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Trying to imagine them asking this of Russia.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 6 points 22 hours ago

The tariffs were framed around unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, and protecting American manufacturing—not improving labor conditions abroad.

What if this awful, awful dark period in our lives somehow gives the Vietnamese or Cambodian worker a better life because the US is no longer willing to buy goods from countries that exploit their workforce?

I don't see how they can get a better life out of this, someone has to absorb the cost. In fact, many Southeast Asian countries saw trade increases as U.S. firms tried to move supply chains out of China.

What if American workers get a fair shake to do work for American consumers?

That’s the hope but for American workers to truly get a fair shake, tariffs need to be part of a larger plan. That means investing in domestic industries, enforcing labor standards, and making sure working people, not just corporations, benefit from any policy shifts.

 

The surprise move, in a declaration endorsed on Tuesday by the 22 member nations of the Arab League, also condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, which set off the devastating war in Gaza.

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President Trump on Thursday unveiled a battery of new tariffs targeting exports from dozens of U.S. trading partners, forging ahead with a potentially disruptive plan to escalate his global trade war.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That’s not fair to a lot of Jews that have nothing to do or don’t want this. This should solely be on Bibi and the ring-wing coalition, and the soldiers that are killing civilians for sport.

 

Global outrage at the Netanyahu government’s actions has grown since the war began, and the suffering of children in the enclave has accelerated the disdain.

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The assault came soon after President Trump threatened new sanctions against Moscow if the bloodshed didn’t let up.

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In the past week alone, three new countries have said they are ready to bestow recognition on a Palestinian state.

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The crisis has echoes of past humanitarian crises that left presidents wringing their hands over how to respond.

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Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President Trump.

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[–] zero@fek.xyz 17 points 2 days ago

In a video call with her, Shelley appeared shirtless and lying on a bed.

You missed the best bit.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

You're right, when there are no more Palestinians, there won't be any starving people.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 15 points 2 days ago

The perfect bait.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why the fuck is Israel distributing the aid.

 

Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way back to the United States after a four-day trip to Scotland, said he expected additional food distribution centers to be set up in Gaza “very soon, very soon,” but it was unclear what, if any, role the United States would play. While Mr. Trump recently broke with Israeli leaders by acknowledging a starvation crisis in Gaza, he said he still believed they should be in charge.

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[–] zero@fek.xyz 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He’s got a tattoo, must be MS13!

[–] zero@fek.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except there is no cease fire, still fighting as of right now.

[–] zero@fek.xyz 42 points 3 days ago

Japan’s official warning wasn’t triggered by a government audit or diplomatic scandal. It came because Ayako Iwatake saw social media posts of Japanese men boasting about buying sex from children and refused to look away.

Ayako Iwatake the real hero.

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