Israel tries to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
by Peter Beaumont from World news | The Guardian on (#6YWQ7)
Official and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel's fault
Israel is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is responsible.
As dozens of governments, UN organisations and other international figures have detailed Israel's culpability, officials and ministers in Israel have attempted to suggest that there is no hunger in Gaza, that if hunger exists it is not Israel's fault, or to blame Hamas or the UN and aid organisations for problems with distribution of aid.
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