Starvation, famine and failure to prevent genocide in Gaza | Tom Dannenbaum

Has Israel been using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza? In this episode of Expert Witness, leading international law scholar, Professor Tom Dannenbaum, discusses with Middle East Eye news editor Sondos Asem the nuts and bolts of the starvation war crime throughout history and what needs to be done to make the law more effective. He argues that under international law, there’s a very strong case for implicating Israeli leaders for the crime of weaponising starvation, and for failure to prevent genocide.

Filming date: 16 May 2025 London and Massachusetts