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 ... Show More
May 8
The surprisingly normal streets of Tehran
While the conflict in Iran has dominated headlines in the last two months, accounts of ordinary life in the Islamic Republic are scarce. According to journalist Ali Hashem, who spent six weeks in Tehran and has visited several times in the last decade, life in the capital looks m ... Show More
31m 46s
May 5
‘Ask Me Anything’—the Iran War Edition
It’s time for another ask-me-anything edition of FP Live. This one takes on the war in Iran from many angles: the economic impact, regional balance of power, the longer-term global impact, and much else. Producer Dana Sherne puts audience questions to FP’s editor in chief Ravi Ag ... Show More
41m 15s
Nov 2023
A compounding crisis in Gaza
After weeks of Israeli bombardment, and now a ground invasion, Gaza is in desperate need of food, water, fuel and electricity. We hear about the humanitarian crisis on the ground.
Today, a first hand account of the conditions at the center of Gaza from Amjad Shawa, coordinator fo ... Show More
28m 17s
Mar 2024
A Deadly Aid Delivery and Growing Threat of Famine in Gaza
<p>Late last week, an effort to get food into northern Gaza turned deadly, as thousands of desperate Gazans descended on aid trucks, and Israeli troops tasked with guarding those trucks opened fire.</p><p>Exactly how people died, and who was responsible, remains contested. Hiba Y ... Show More
29m 45s
Oct 2023
Quelle est la situation à Gaza, assiégée et cible de bombardements « inédits » ?
Un territoire complètement coupé du monde. C’est le sort que connaît la bande de Gaza depuis l'annonce, lundi 9 octobre, par le ministre de la défense israélien Yoav Gallant, d’un siège complet de l’enclave palestinienne, en réponse à l’offensive meurtrière du Hamas qui a fait pl ... Show More
16m 51s
Apr 2024
Israeli airstrikes and the deadly risk of feeding Gaza
On Monday, an Israeli military airstrike hit an aid convoy from World Central Kitchen. The IDF killed 7 workers, including Canadian veteran Jacob Flickinger, and said it was a “mistake” and “misidentification.”
So why didn’t the extensive steps WCK says it took to coordinate its ... Show More
25m 9s