Gaza is Facing Famine and Abandonment

The Western narrative on human rights collapses at the very first military checkpoint manned by the occupying forces in Gaza Strip. The lofty slogans and refined principles championed by Western capitals are brought to ruin when confronted with the stark reality of bloodshed, devastation, blockade, and the unabashed, disgraceful support for an entity that persists in its campaign of violence.

As major powers proclaim their commitment to dignity, justice, and the rule of law, they persist in supplying weapons—one shipment after another—to the occupying power, showing disregard for detailed field reports that document, with precision, the deaths of children and their suffocation beneath the rubble of homes targeted by aircraft deploying internationally banned weaponry.

Gaza, wounded and devastated, has been transformed to a ghost town where death has become a daily reality. Its infrastructure lies in ruins—hospitals are no longer operational, schools stand in rubble, water pipelines have burst, and electricity is no longer available. All of this takes place under the watchful gaze of the international community, which not only remains silent but actively offers political and financial support to the perpetrators, even going so far as to shamelessly question the roots of Palestinian outrage.

Washington has used its veto power multiple times to block resolutions that simply call for a ceasefire. Is this an act of self-defense, or a clear participation in the massacre? Is there anything in ethics or politics that justifies such blatant bias in favor of an occupying power that continues to wreak havoc under the guise of legitimacy.

On the other hand, civil society organizations are subjected to intense pressures from Western donors who demand that they remain silent about the occupying entity, and even condemn any resistance to the occupation. Those who fail to comply find their funding frozen and their operations at risk. While voices of solidarity from the West with Gaza are suppressed under the pretext of anti-Semitism, expressing opposition has become a crime, and showing support for a humanitarian post can lead to dismissal or persecution.

Gaza is currently plunging into an unimaginable humanitarian crisis, with ninety percent of its population facing food insecurity. Hundreds of thousands are teetering on the edge of famine, children are dying in silence, water is contaminated, medicine is barred, crossings are closed, and aid is being exploited as an additional weapon to oppress and starve the people. In the meantime, international organizations confine themselves to routine condemnations, seemingly focused only on preserving a facade of detached neutrality.

What is taking place is not a temporary crisis, but a profound moral failure—a comprehensive indictment of international justice systems that have persistently fallen short in Palestine. It marks a collective unraveling of a global order that professes to defend human rights, yet permits the aggressor to act with unabated impunity.

Those who choose silence today in the face of Gaza’s suffering will, in time, confront the mirror of truth, bearing the indelible mark of disgrace—for no political compromise can cleanse the blood, and no strategic interest can justify the scale of this devastation.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh