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21 hours agoIt's a Landmark Trial on the Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War. It's Also Not What You Think.
For decades, the principle has existed only on paper. Since 1977, the Geneva Conventions have classified the deprivation of food as a prosecutable war crime-yet no court has ever tested that rule. Now, for the first time, judges, prosecutors, and witnesses will attempt to define what it means to starve a population on purpose. The witnesses, as well as the victims, are Palestinians.
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