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The dark history of forced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples
The UN reports over 500,000 Palestinians face famine in Gaza, while historical evidence shows starvation used against Indigenous peoples in the U.S. and Canada as a war tactic.
- On July 29, 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warned that a worst-case famine is unfolding in the Gaza Strip as over 500,000 Palestinians face starvation, with UN and aid groups warning of rising hunger-related deaths.
- Historian James Daschuk revealed that between 1878 and 1880, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald did little to stop a multiyear famine on the Canadian Plains, where more than 26,500 Indigenous peoples suffered as bison herds fell from 60 million to fewer than 1,000.
- Amid a scorched-earth campaign, the U.S. military forced over 10,000 Navajo to leave, while Blackfeet leaders documented 600 deaths by starvation in one winter.
- They are calling on Israel to urgently restore the UN humanitarian system in Gaza, as U.N. experts accused Israel of using starvation as a 'savage weapon of war' and said it constitutes a crime under international law.
- This is no longer a looming hunger crisis — this is starvation, pure and simple, Ramesh Rajasingham said on Aug. 10, 2025, as experts note aid windows remain insufficient.
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Op-Ed: The Dark Legacy Of Forced Starvation As A Weapon Against Indigenous Peoples
Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, sitting in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi There is increasing evidence that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths“ in Gaza, a group of United Nations and aid organizations have repeatedly warned. A July 29, 2025, alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a global initiative for i…
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