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Eugene

(67,331 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 09:08 AM Jul 2025

Israelis rebuff Trump, insisting images of starvation in Gaza are 'fake'

Source: Los Angeles Times

Israelis rebuff Trump, insisting images of starvation in Gaza are ‘fake’

By Michael Wilner
Washington Bureau Chief
July 28, 2025 2:08 PM PT

• President Trump rejected Israel’s contention that disturbing images were created by Hamas. ‘That’s real starvation,’ he said.
• Two Israeli human rights groups accused the Israeli government of genocide.

WASHINGTON — The Israeli government is defending a top military officer who dismissed images of starving Palestinians as “fake” over the weekend, despite President Trump stating Monday that he believes the pictures are real.

The rupture comes amid growing international pressure on Israel over dire circumstances in the Palestinian enclave, and as two Israeli human rights groups, in a first, characterized the Israeli operation in Gaza as a genocide.

In recent days, photographs and videos of desperate Palestinians crowding aid stations and of emaciated children have spread across the globe. Even so, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Sunday that “there is no starvation in Gaza.”

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Read more: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-28/trump-rejects-israeli-denials-of-starvation-in-gaza

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/israelis-rebuff-trump-insisting-images-210820014.html

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Israelis rebuff Trump, insisting images of starvation in Gaza are 'fake' (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2025 OP
"Israeli government"....................... Lovie777 Jul 2025 #1
Next to Trump being out as president, I dream of Netanyahu on trial for war crimes! Chasstev365 Jul 2025 #2
Not to worry. AIPAC's "donations" will insure that the genocide can continue unabated. PSPS Jul 2025 #3
Famine has arrived. AloeVera Jul 2025 #4

Lovie777

(23,755 posts)
1. "Israeli government".......................
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 09:11 AM
Jul 2025

BiBi is a liar just like his counterpart - shithole.

PSPS

(15,376 posts)
3. Not to worry. AIPAC's "donations" will insure that the genocide can continue unabated.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:22 AM
Jul 2025

AloeVera

(4,420 posts)
4. Famine has arrived.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:30 AM
Jul 2025

Famine thresholds reached: The “worst case scenario” of famine is here, the IPC announced today.

It is now too late to prevent mass deaths.

Israelis are still engaged in denial and blame-shifting. As long as that continues, we will continue to see the worst mass atrocity unfold before our eyes.




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