UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has sharply criticized far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over his controversial statements about starving Palestinians. According to Israeli media reports, Smotrich said that a blockade of aid supplies to the Gaza Strip was justified to free the hostages abducted to Gaza during the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel – even if it meant that 2 million people would starve. His comments on Monday triggered outrage in Germany, France, and the EU. Türk said such statements incite hatred against innocent civilians. He said that al…