https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/bb478ba6-860a-49cd-a8d4-c150d18297b3 Leading famine expert Alex de Waal described famine not simply as widespread hunger, but as a form of societal torture, a profoundly degrading, shaming and humiliating experience. Drawing on themes from his book, de Waal emphasised that modern famines are overwhelmingly man-made, often the result of deliberate political or military decisions. He pointed to Israel’s actions in Gaza as an unprecedented example of “precisely engineered” starvation, noting that despite the close proximity of international humanitarian aid, access remains deliberately obstructed. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:36:28 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/bb478ba6-860a-49cd-a8d4-c150d18297b3 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.