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May 2024
42m 18s

How to Stave Off a Famine in Gaza

Foreign Policy
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Gaza faces what the World Food Program is calling “catastrophic levels of hunger.” And the United Nations recently issued a report that said a famine is “imminent.” Ravi Agrawal is joined by two experts on the humanitarian situation in Gaza to discuss what the international community can do to prevent the worst outcomes.

Sari Bashi is a program director for Human Rights Watch. Shira Efron is the director of research at the Israel Policy Forum.

Suggested reading:

Mohannad Sabry: How to Get More Aid Into Gaza

Shira Efron: The Best Way to Deal With Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis

Howard W. French: Why Aren’t We Talking More About the Famine in Gaza?

Human Rights Watch: Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza

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