{"id":32714,"date":"2024-04-05T12:34:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32714"},"modified":"2024-04-05T12:34:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:34:09","slug":"no-more-money-for-israel-says-sanders-as-biden-official-privately-warns-of-imminent-famine-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/no-more-money-for-israel-says-sanders-as-biden-official-privately-warns-of-imminent-famine-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No More Money’ for Israel, Says Sanders as Biden Official Privately Warns of Imminent Famine Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Starving Palestinians queue for hours to receive food distributed by charitable organizations in Deir Balah, Gaza on March 1, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Ashraf Amra\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The U.S. cannot partner with a country that is starving children,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JULIA CONLEY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr 04, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> responded to the news Wednesday that a top Biden administration official warned Israel of an imminent famine declaration in Gaza<\/a> with one demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No more money for Netanyahu,” said the Vermont Independent senator, referring to right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Axios<\/em>reported<\/a> Wednesday, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned Israeli officials in a virtual meeting earlier this week that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) could in the coming weeks declare a famine in Gaza, which would be only the third such declaration worldwide in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Famines were declared <\/a>in South Sudan in 2017 and in Somalia in 2011\u2014starvation crises that killed tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IPC identified <\/a>two of Gaza’s five governorates as experiencing famine “with reasonable evidence” last month, but an official declaration for the enclave would represent a significant turning point in Israel’s bombardment and blocking of aid in Gaza, Sullivan told the Israeli officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sullivan said it would be bad for Israel and for the U.S.,” a source with direct knowledge of the meeting told Axios.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national security adviser reportedly warned Israel that it would bear responsibility if a famine is declared\u2014but Sanders noted that as the top international funder<\/a> of Israel’s military, the Biden administration would also be to blame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The U.S. cannot partner with a country that is starving children,” said the senator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Sullivan reportedly told Israeli officials that they could be \u201cresponsible for the third famine crisis of the 21st century\u201d if they don\u2019t allow more aid into Gaza.

He\u2019s right. The U.S. cannot partner with a country that is starving children. No more money for Netanyahu.<\/p>— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>