Sana'a: The University Student Forum in Yemeni universities organized an international online student and youth webinar titled "Starving Gaza. A Humanitarian and Global Issue," with participation from representatives of student and youth organizations and movements from several Arab and foreign countries: The participants in the webinar affirmed that starving Gaza is a major humanitarian and political crime, representing a systematic genocide targeting the Palestinian people and their resistance. They emphasized the need to activate the role of youth and students in confronting the false Zionist narrative and spreading the true Palestinian narrative on cultural, humanitarian, and political levels.
According to Yemen News Agency, during the webinar, Saleh Saeed, representative of the General Union of Students in Palestine, stated that the battle with the Zionist enemy is a battle of awareness. He said, "Our role today as student and youth unions is to contribute to spreading the Palestinian narrative against the false Zionist narrative." He stressed that the battle with the occupation is not only military but also a struggle on cultural and humanitarian fronts, as well as creating a public opinion aware of the truth.
Fares Al-Soufi, representative of the Youth of the Palestinian People's Party, explained that what is happening in Gaza is not a mere shortage of supplies, a food crisis, or a temporary siege, but a systematic and deliberate starvation that constitutes war crimes under international law, which prohibits using starvation as a method of warfare against civilians.
Mustafa Shari, representative of the University Student Forum in Yemen, called for weekly or daily demonstrations demanding an end to the US-Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. He emphasized the importance of intensifying student work in awareness-raising and general mobilization, spreading the plight of the Palestinian people on social media, organizing campaigns to boycott Zionist and American products, and holding continuous seminars and exhibitions that link education with the Palestinian cause.
Dr. Ali Al-Haj Hassan, youth official in the Educational Mobilization of Hezbollah in Lebanon, pointed out that this battle is not just a battle of weapons but also a battle of words, images, voice, mass mobilization, and collective action, and most importantly, a battle of awareness. Addressing students and youth, he said, "Some may ask: What is the benefit of your sit-ins? What is the use of your strikes? I say, do not underestimate any effort; great rivers start with drops, and then the flood bursts forth. You are the drops that will create the flood of victory, God willing."
Haider Al-Amiri, representative of Hashed student factions in Iraq, said, "Today we face a decisive historical moment where all student and youth forces must unite to support the Palestinian people, not just with words, but with real actions that express solidarity and stand against aggression." He stressed the importance of raising voices in all international forums and organizing continuous campaigns to boycott the occupation and expose its crimes, because silence is complicity in injustice.
Dr. Ali Taha, head of relations for the Educational Committee of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Lebanon, confirmed that the deliberate and systematic starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza is not merely a humanitarian tragedy but a clear political crime happening before the world's eyes with suspicious international silence and complicity. He added, "Food has become a weapon, and the empty stomachs of children have turned into a harsh tool targeting human dignity before the body."
Mohamed Al-Saidi, head of mass mobilization for the General Union of Students in Tunisia, explained that the struggle of students and youth worldwide has become a historical necessity and not an option, urging them to transform their universities, streets, towns, and governorates into fortresses of resistance rather than isolated ivory towers detached from the battle of history and liberation.
Dr. Musab Qusaybat, president of the General Union of Students in Libya, stressed that universities are fertile grounds for creating leaders and that today's students are tomorrow's leaders. He called on the student movement to return and make universities genuine arenas of struggle, confronting the culture of surrender by planting values of resistance and steadfastness instead of defeat and collapse.
Firas Al-Najm, director of Defenders of Human Rights in Canada, considered media and digital platforms part of the resistance battle. He said, "Our role is to deliver the voice of truth, expose corrupt regimes, hold influential political figures accountable, and reveal their silence or support for the crimes of the occupation."
Abdellatif Marzouki, representative of the National Student Voice in Algeria, urged integrating all means-technology, boycotts, and sit-ins-but emphasized that the main focus should be on books, calling on everyone to read and understand the Zionist mentality and its atrocities.
Ibrahim Rifqi, youth representative of the Dignity Party in Egypt, stated that what is happening today is not only a war on Gaza but a war on a nation and homeland, an existential struggle, not a border conflict. He pointed out that this is happening with the assistance of the imperialist snakehead, the United States, which labels sources of death in Gaza as "humanitarian aid."
Dr. Ahmed Abu Dawood, president of the Union of Academics and Intellectuals in Algeria, described the events in Gaza as a crime against humanity unlike anything witnessed in the first and second world wars. He noted that the crimes and scenes in Gaza have surpassed all norms and human rights.
Yahya Mokhtari, representative of the National Union of Students in Mauritania, explained that the "Freedom Fleets" have important goals, foremost among them breaking the illegal and inhumane Israeli siege, which has caused a continuous humanitarian crisis and deprived Palestinians in Gaza of their rights to health, safety, freedom of movement, and other basic human rights.
Taha Kocukoygun, vice president of the Turkish Youth Union, confirmed that the Palestinian cause is not only the struggle of the Palestinian people but the struggle of all humanity for dignity, ethics, and brotherhood, and stressed the need to build bridges of solidarity and fight on the same front against imperialism.
Afghan youth activist Hujjatullah Madbar said, "We are here today to discuss a very serious problem-the starvation of Gaza's people. This is not just a local problem but a test for the entire world, a test of our values and humanity. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas on earth."
Mohsen Naqfi, a media activist in the United States, said that what is happening in Gaza is not a natural siege but a crazy siege that violates international laws prohibiting starvation of besieged communities, as Gaza is closed off from food, fuel, medicine, and even humanitarian convoys are prevented or threatened, all happening before the world's eyes.
Ziad Basyouni, general coordinator of Students for Palestine in Egypt, noted that Gaza alone resists and loses every dear one on behalf of the Arab and Islamic people and all free people everywhere. He stressed that "Arab unity is the guarantee to eliminate the occupation and ensure our survival and renaissance."
Indian youth activist Nael Reda stressed the importance of forming a unified platform gathering all free students regardless of language, religion, or affiliation, because this is a humanitarian cause that cannot be ignored or accepted in any form.
From Australia, Hussain Tirmizi, representative of the Youth of Al-Kadhimiya Organization, said, "We have seen a great impact of the solidarity movement with Palestine in Australia, where about 300,000 people participated in demonstrations supporting Gaza. This is a strong expression of growing awareness and solidarity worldwide, even among those who previously opposed Islam. The times are changing quickly, and we must take advantage of this increasing support directly and effectively to back the Palestinian people."
The speakers in the webinar affirmed that starving Gaza is not a passing local tragedy but a humanitarian and political crime that requires genuine global solidarity, highlighting that youth and students are the backbone of this resistance and the makers of the future of the Palestinian cause.