{"id":128592,"date":"2025-08-23T08:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=128592"},"modified":"2025-08-23T08:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:10:15","slug":"u-s-amb-to-israel-accuses-un-of-corruption-amid-gaza-famine-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/128592\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Amb. to Israel accuses UN of corruption amid Gaza famine declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, accused on Saturday the United Nations of corruption and incompetence, claiming that international media are \u201cmissing the real story of &#8216;famine&#8217; in Gaza.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, the United Nations officially declared a famine in the Gaza Strip, attributing it to what it described as Israel\u2019s systematic obstruction of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huckabee responded by alleging that \u201c92% of THEIR food is stolen to be sold by Hamas,\u201d adding that instead of declaring a famine, the &#8220;UN should declare itself corrupt &amp; incompetent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, the United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system officially declared a famine in parts of the Gaza Strip, saying that an estimated 514,000 people \u2014 or nearly a quarter of the enclave\u2019s population \u2014 are experiencing famine, and that number is expected to rise to 641,000 by the end of September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also commented on the UN\u2019s announcement, stressing that Israel does not pursue a policy of starvation, and citing figures on the volume of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Netanyahu&#8217;s Office called the IPC famine declaration an \u201coutright lie\u201d and \u201cmodern blood libel,\u201d adding that \u201cIsrael does not have a policy of starvation. 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