A UK-based advocacy group for Israel has been criticised for suggesting
a reduction in obesity resulting from the war in Gaza may increase life expectancy there.
The comments by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), which came amid warnings
of impending famine in Gaza, were condemned as “sickening” by the
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).
The remarks were made by Jonathan Turner, the chief executive of UKLFI,
in response to a motion due to be debated at the Co-operative Group’s
annual general meeting calling for the retailer to stop selling Israeli produce.
Urging the Co-operative council to withdraw the motion, Turner
criticised the fact that it refers to an estimated death toll of
186,000. In a letter to the Co-operative Group secretary, Turner wrote
that it was “totally false and misleading” to cite the figure from a
letter published by the Lancet last year, which was a projected figure including indirect casualties.
He adds: “The [Lancet] letter also ignored factors that may increase
average life expectancy in Gaza, bearing in mind that one of the biggest
health issues in Gaza prior to the current war was obesity.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for-israel-condemned-over-claim-war-may-reduce-obesity-in-gaza
Whattayouknow. We have another miracle cure for obesity. Kill them
before they get killed by obesity.
Why does this kind of thinking always remind me of Tiny of Finland?
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"And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
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