{"id":17253,"date":"2025-05-11T09:47:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17253"},"modified":"2025-05-11T09:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:47:54","slug":"outrage-as-pro-israel-uk-lobby-suggests-gaza-starvation-could-combat-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/11\/outrage-as-pro-israel-uk-lobby-suggests-gaza-starvation-could-combat-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage as Pro-Israel UK Lobby Suggests Gaza Starvation Could Combat Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The Guardian published a report by legal affairs correspondent Haroon Siddiqui, revealing that a UK-based pro-Israel lobbying group, British Lawyers for Israel, suggested that starvation in Gaza might be a way to combat obesity\u2014allegedly widespread before the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"976\">Chris Doyle mocked the claim: \u201cIsrael is merciful for imposing a forced diet on 2.3 million Palestinians to reduce obesity!\u201d The comments came as Israel continues to impose a suffocating siege and man-made famine in Gaza, with talk of another Israeli military operation pushing residents into a narrow zone between the Mediterranean and Egypt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5974\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5974 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza Strip\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-danger-of-hastening-famine-in-Gaza.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The danger of hastening famine in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"88cf5907-370c-4cee-8ddd-0b8802fb0648\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"99\">UK Pro-Israel Lobby Sparks Outrage Over Gaza Death Toll and Obesity Comments<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1517\">Jonathan Turner, executive director of the group, made the remarks in response to a motion expected at the Co-operative Group\u2019s annual meeting calling for a halt to the sale of Israeli products. The board urged removal of the motion, particularly disputing the claim that the death toll in Gaza had reached 186,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1871\">Turner rejected that number as \u201centirely false and misleading,\u201d citing a Lancet study that included both direct and indirect deaths due to war, hunger, and disease. He added that the Lancet message ignored \u201chealth factors that could increase life expectancy in Gaza, including a reduction in obesity\u201d\u2014one of the so-called health problems pre-war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"2174\">British Lawyers for Israel is known for aggressively defending Israel in legal forums and targeting critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Gaza war. Its patrons include former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, ex-Supreme Court Justice John Dyson, and barrister David Pannick. The comments were condemned by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which called them \u201cdisgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2483\">According to Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health, over 52,000 people have died in the war. The Lancet found that life expectancy in Gaza has dropped by 34.9 years\u2014almost halved\u2014from 75.5 years to just under 40.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17034\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"No Ceasefire Talks While Israel Wages Starvation War on Gaza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamas rejects any ceasefire proposals during Israel\u2019s ongoing \u201cstarvation and extermination war\u201d in Gaza, urging the global community to pressure Netanyahu\u2019s government.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-14\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"56dea46c-9b66-4e88-a7d3-9c17a99258b7\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"108\">Critics Slam \u201cForced Diet\u201d Justification as UK Lobby Defends Gaza Starvation Comments<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\">Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: \u201cThe suggestion that children in Gaza might benefit from weight loss is repulsive. It perfectly encapsulates the moral bankruptcy of those who justify Israel\u2019s genocidal war.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p data-start=\"2728\" data-end=\"2936\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2728\" data-end=\"2936\">Chris Doyle, head of CAABU (Council for Arab-British Understanding), added on X: \u201cThese comments reflect grotesque thinking\u2014claiming Israel is compassionate by imposing a forced diet on 2.3 million people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2938\" data-end=\"3142\">In another incident, a branch of British Lawyers for Israel in Chelsea led a campaign to remove an image of a Palestinian child from Westminster Hospital, claiming it made Jewish patients feel unsafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3144\" data-end=\"3258\">Meanwhile, the UK government faces a potential lawsuit over its suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3260\" data-end=\"3497\">Turner defended his remarks, claiming they were \u201caccurate and factual,\u201d arguing that The Lancet\u2019s claim of 186,000 projected deaths was speculative and overlooked Gaza\u2019s pre-war health conditions like sugar and cigarette consumption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3499\" data-end=\"3647\">These statements mirror past Israeli policy that calculated Palestinians\u2019 daily calorie needs under siege while denying any food shortage existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The Guardian published a report by legal affairs correspondent Haroon Siddiqui, revealing that a UK-based pro-Israel lobbying group, British Lawyers for Israel, suggested that starvation in Gaza might be a way to combat obesity\u2014allegedly widespread before the war. 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