# Michael Fakhri

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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Victimhood: Gender as Tool and Weapon' - Prof Vasuki Nesiah, NYU GALLATIN

Lecture summary: This paper looks at the political purchase of International Conflict Feminism (ICF) in helping constitute the normative framework guiding and legitimizing laws and policies advanced under the rubric of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). It attends to how these have intersected wit…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 14, 2025: UN Human Rights Experts: Israel’s Attack on Gaza Destroys International Law, Human Rights, and is an Attack on All of Us

SUPPORT ESTHER'S BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER FOR ON THE GROUND UNTIL MARCH 22, 2025: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1153324579630758/?fundraiser_source=external_url UN human rights experts say that the genocide against Palestinians, perpetrated by Israel and supported by the US and NATO countries, is a…

Israel to expand military operations in Gaza

Israel's Defence Minister has announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza, with large areas to be seized and added to Israel's security zones, including along Gaza's border fence. At the same time, the minister says large-scale evacuations will take place from areas where there's fig…

Will Gaza remain under the rubble of screaming silence?

Featured contributor Dr. Yasir Masood delivers a poignant commentary on the ongoing conflict in Gaza, highlighting the severe humanitarian crisis faced by Palestinians under the colonial Zionist project. It describes the devastating impact of the apartheid regime, which inflicts war crimes against …

From the Warsaw Ghetto to Gaza, Starvation as a Weapon of War

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan In 1516, a 7-acre section of Venice, Italy was designated as the area where Jews would be required to live. As it was located where a copper foundry had been, it was called by the word for ‘foundry’ in the Venetian dialect, “geto.” The practice of forcibly concentrat…

The enduring consequences of mass starvation in Gaza

Hunger has killed more than 110 people so far in Gaza over the past 20 months of war. And in the past week, the number of deaths has accelerated, causing alarm about a looming full-scale famine in the strip. More than 100 NGOs have warned of mass starvation, and a coalition of mostly European stat…

Drive Time Show Podcast 13-08-2025: Starving Gaza and Do we need organised religion?

Join Aneeq Ur Rehman and Dr Tariq Bajwa for Wednesday’s show from 4-6pm where we will be discussing : « Starving Gaza » and « Do we need organised religion? » Starving Gaza In today's world, where international law and humanitarian values are well-established, the deliberate use of starvation as…

How can the world watch while Israel starves Palestinians?

Famine in Gaza from Israel's deliberate starvation policy, more than half a million people in immediate danger. Yet, Israel intensifies its war backed by the US and Western allies. How can an engineered famine be allowed happen in the 21st century? In this episode:  Dr Tarek Loubani, Medical Di…

"This is the moment of accountability" w/ Michael Fakhri

The brothers welcome back to the show Michael Fakhri (@michaelfakhri), United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to discuss the open war of starvation on Gaza, how international institutions have abjectly failed their moral and legal duties, the role of the media, and what individuals…