Gaza hunger, outrage grows. Netanyahu will react

political reactions and discussions

In a popular US Canadian podcast, the audience learned this week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prefers to decide for Burger King than for McDonald’s, with the "whopper" apparently his favorite. This public discussion about Fast Food, led by the man who is responsible for food supply in Gaza, appears to be completely out of place.

A US correspondent of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz noted that Netanyahu spent "valuable time" with the burger conversation, "instead of answering legitimate questions about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza or the delays in negotiating a hostage-taking deal and a ceasefire." World leaders see the same pictures of hunger as everyone else, however, appear powerless to stop them, and cannot make Israel return to more help or proven that the distribution methods are returned.

international reactions to the crisis situation

It is true that the convictions are becoming increasingly collective and more targeted. More than two dozen European Foreign Minister jointly criticized Israel's "drops of drops and the inhuman killings of civilians", which the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs "did not refer back to harmony with reality". Over 100 international humanitarian organizations warned that the Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries endanger the life of doctors and auxiliary workers.

But these are only words and words can be ignored. Former Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin wrote about the EU reaction that it is "only a piece of paper.

A look at the USA and the future

What could turn over what the United Nations Secretary General calls Gaza as a "horror show"? In one word: Trump. The US President publicly commented on Netanyahu when Israel had hard attacked Iran in the last hours before a ceasefire. After a phone call, Israel withdrew.

When Israel attacked the only Catholic Church in Gaza, Trump did not respond positively to it according to the White House and called Netanyahu. The Israeli guide deeply regretted the attack and described him as a mistake. An outraged call from the Frei Welt seems to be the fastest way to bring about a change in meaning with a guide who is apparently unimpressed by the growing international criticism.

The spokeswoman for the White House said that Trump "wants the killings to stop", but visible anger, frustration and conviction on the part of the US president with regard to the humanitarian crisis developing, at least remained minimal. The focus of the United States was on ensuring a ceasefire and a hostage agreement, which despite hopes and optimism in Trump administration has remained there in recent weeks.

The view for Gaza and its people

Arab leaders have convicted Israel, requested an immediate ceasefire and developed a plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza, destroyed after the war, to counter Trump's plan to drive the entire population out of strip. The Secretary General of the Golf Cooperation Council described Israel's politics this week as a "crime of the century."

Israel has rejected the allegations of a humanitarian blockad and emphasized that his measures aim to prevent Hamas from stealing relief supplies, which the aid organizations contained. The Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who visited Gaza on Wednesday, claimed that Israel adheres to international law and is Hamas who wanted to sabotage the aid process.

cogat, the authority responsible for the auxiliary transfer to Gaza, said that the military is working on enabling and facilitating the delivery of auxiliary goods, including food. Israel has also made resistance to calls to increase aid deliveries and explains that trucks with relief goods at the border would wait to be picked up by aid organizations. However, the UN and others have pointed out that Israel does not always give approval of moving aid goods or routes that are considered too dangerous.

The human price of the conflict

Comments from the extreme right spectrum of Netanyahus Coalition, which require to be hungry gaza to the release of the hostages, generate broad loathing outside of Israel, but less within the country. Hamas's brutal attack on October 7, 2023 led to the death of around 1,200 Israelis, around 250 were kidnapped as hostages and hardened the Israelis view of their Palestinian neighbors. However, according to a current survey, 71 % of Israelis surveyed would now like to end the war.

While Netanyahu has lost his mandate to continue the fight, there are no signs that his coalition is planning to loosen the restrictions for the help to Gaza. Almost 60,000 people have been killed since the beginning of the war. The media in Israel focus more on the remaining hostages and the soldiers fighting in Gaza than on the suffering of the besieged Palestinians. For them, hope is resting on an armistice, an agreement that would enable an influx of relief goods into the devastated territory.

But when will it be reached? How quickly are the boundaries open for life -saving relief goods and how many people will die in the meantime? The number of malnourished people has risen sharply in recent days. The director of the Al-Shifa Hospital warned this week: "We are heading for frightening dying digits." A UN employee added: "The people in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are changing corpses."