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Why Gaza isn’t a humanitarian crisis
20. February 2025
18.30-22.30
18.30-22.30
Save the Date
For free
for adults
in German
Together with the human rights organization, medico international, and other medical experts, we will take a look at the devastating consequences of the fifteen-month-long attacks on the Gaza Strip. We will highlight the various tactics used to destroy vital infrastructure, particularly the systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system. The Israeli State's relentless carpet bombing has left behind a historic level of destruction: In several cities, entire districts have been razed to the ground and much of Gaza is a wasteland of rubble. Based on satellite data, the United Nations estimates that two thirds of the buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or completely destroyed. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), it would take up to 15 years just to clean up the 40 million tons of rubble.
Although the officially confirmed death toll is 46,000, tens of thousands more have been buried under the rubble for months. But is not only direct bombardment that claims victims: What distinguishes the attacks on Gaza from conventional wars is the mass destruction of hospitals, the targeted humanitarian blockade of medicine, water, food and all basic means of life in the area cordoned off by the Israeli State. This has led to a man-made famine and the mass spread of disease, increasing the indirect Palestinian death toll immensely.
Reports by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International confirm that Israel's systematic destruction of all means of life in Gaza constitutes genocide. Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice is investigating the Israeli State–– find South Africa's evidence that the Israeli State is committing genocide plausible.
Diana Nazzal, Palestinian doctor and activist with Palestine Speaks, Riad Othman (via Zoom), Middle East coordinator at medico international, Iris Hefets, Psychoanalyst and board member of the Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East and Dr. Nahed Samour, law and Islamic studies scholar, Radboud University, will talk about the impacts for Gaza. What is the current situation? And what consequences will it have in the coming years and decades? Following the panel discussion, we invite you to an open exchange over drinks, a small buffet and traditional Palestinian music.
Hunger als Kriegswaffe
