Obama slams ‘travesty’ of starvation deaths in Gaza
Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to call for immediate action to prevent innocent civilians from starving to death in Gaza.
In a post on X, he said that a “lasting resolution to the crisis in Gaza must involve a return of all hostages and a cessation of Israel’s military operations”. But recent reports of the hunger crisis in the Palestinian enclave “underscore the immediate need for action to… prevent the travesty of innocent people dying of preventable starvation”, he said.
“Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families,” he added.
While a lasting resolution to the crisis in Gaza must involve a return of all hostages and a cessation of Israel’s military operations, these articles underscore the immediate need for action to be taken to prevent the travesty of innocent people dying of preventable starvation.…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 27, 2025
Countries that don’t pressure Israel ‘may be complicit’ in Gaza carnage, UN rights chief says
Volker Turk, the UN human rights chief, is urging participants in an upcoming conference on Palestinian statehood in New York to ramp up pressure on Israel to end the “carnage” in Gaza.
“Every day, we are watching the unspeakable tragedy in Gaza and the West Bank with horror and frustration,” Turk said in a video statement.
"I urge governments to use the opportunity of this conference for concrete action that puts all possible pressure on the Israeli government to end the carnage in Gaza permanently,” he said.
“Countries that fail to use their leverage may be complicit in international crimes,” he added.
The conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, will begin in New York on Monday and continue until Wednesday.
Ahead of tomorrow’s High-Level Conference on Palestine—I urge all parties to put all possible pressure on #Israel to end the carnage in #Gaza & work towards tangible progress on a two-State solution
The world will judge this Conference on what it delivershttps://t.co/mnVRKCAwIg pic.twitter.com/b3uYjZNM2g
— Volker Türk (@volker_turk) July 27, 2025
Just say it as it is, "They are complicit". Any country that ratified the genocide conventions has a legal obligation to prevent genocide.
Article I
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in
time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to
punish.
Continuing to supply weapons and services to Israel is complicity.
