Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It

May 22, 2025

Yara M. Asi

(The Conversation) – After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, the United Nations on May 20, 2025, issued one of its most urgent warnings yet about the ongoing humanitarian crisis: an estimated 14,000 babies were at risk of death without an immediate influx of substantial aid, especially food.

 

United By Dissonance

May 22, 2025

Alice Kohli

The return of power politics is forcing Switzerland to confront the limits of neutrality.

 

(L-R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Swiss federal president Karin Keller-Sutter. (Graphic by Truthdig. Images sourced via AP Photo and Adobe Stock.)