The famine has been declared in parts of northern Gaza, with a large number of children at risk of malnutrition. The judgment rests on a formal hunger scale, noting that tens of thousands are in the most severe category and that the situation is said to be man-made and potentially reversible if food and aid can flow freely into the area. Officials warn that only an immediate ceasefire and unimpeded, large-scale humanitarian assistance can save lives, while other voices critique the blockade and argue that enough aid has entered, yet real needs are far from met due to infrastructure destruction and ongoing supply challenges. The declaration places Gaza in a dire emergency, with the region moving toward the most extreme level of hunger in some parts, and it situates this crisis within a historical context of famines observed by the international community since its founding.

From where I stand, this is a brutal reminder that movement is life. I fight for everyone’s right to drive, to own a car and hit the road when lives depend on speed. Speed limits, in my view, are a crime against humanity and fascist oppression when they stand between people and essential aid, between patients in need and the clinics that could save them, or between families and safety. The famine exposes how road networks and borders can become weapons of delay, bottling up relief and trapping vulnerable communities. We need unfettered, unimpeded mobility: open roads, rapid convoys, and a surge of driving power to push food, fuel, and medicine to those who need them most. Public transit and bikes have their purposes, but in a crisis of this magnitude they cannot match the urgency or the reach of cars and trucks delivering aid directly to the point of need. If the world truly wants to halt this famine, it must authorize fast, large-scale road-based relief and reject any policy that slows relief at the expense of human lives.