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The question is simple: how could anyone accuse Israel before it even took the kind of actions those claims referred to? Now we know. According to Dr. Michel Thieren, a senior WHO medical expert and the organization’s representative to Israel, just days after the October 7 massacre, and even before Israel’s ground operation began, a group of “humanitarian experts” in Geneva held a brainstorming session. Not about relief or aid, but about how to “find a term that could be used to exert pressure on Israel.”
The narrative was pre-written: Israel as the “perpetrator,” Palestinians as the “victims,” and “famine” as the perfect headline. Thieren’s testimony makes it clear — from the very start, the so-called “famine” narrative wasn’t about saving lives. It was a political weapon, to manufacture blame.
Long answer
Long before any field data existed, and even before Israel began its ground operation in Gaza, “famine” warnings were already flooding the media. UN-linked experts and NGOs accused Israel of “using starvation as a weapon of war.” Some even rushed reports to the International Criminal Court, alleging “starvation crimes” before a single dataset existed.
How could anyone make such accusations before Israel even took the kind of actions that could cause them? Now we know, thanks to Dr. Michel Thieren, a senior WHO medical expert and the organization’s representative to Israel. On October 8, 2023, just one day after Hamas’s massacre, Thieren witnessed a group of “humanitarian experts” in Geneva openly discussing how to “find a term that could be used to exert pressure on Israel.”
In an interview with the French-Israeli podcast Mosaïque, Thieren said he was absolutely stunned: “When we talk about genocide, the WHO never went there… but very early, these people pronounced those two terms, genocide and famine, thrown out right from the start.”
The roles had already been assigned: Israel the “perpetrator,” Palestinians the “victims,” and “famine” the perfect buzzword to weaponize.Thieren also exposed the double standard. The Rwandan genocide, where nearly one million people were slaughtered, received a 24-page UN report. But the invented “genocide” accusation against Israel? Seventy-two pages.
And what does the actual data show? The WHO’s narrative collapses under scrutiny. Independent researchers found the IPC’s Gaza “famine” report relied on incomplete, unverified figures, ignoring major increases in aid deliveries and humanitarian access. Even Gaza’s own non-trauma mortality rates stayed far below famine thresholds.
Thieren’s testimony leaves no doubt: from the start, the so-called “famine” narrative was never about saving lives. It was a political weapon — crafted to blame Israel.
