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Justifying starvation in Gaza: Using the same playbook as Sudan | Opinion

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Alex de Waal
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Opinion |

Last month there were two major and malign challenges to the international famine assessment system. Both were empirically and analytically unwarranted; both appear intended to conceal and justify crimes of starvation. One was made by the government of Sudan, the other by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel

Alex de Waal

Alex de Waal

Late December saw two major and malign challenges to the international famine assessment system. Both were empirically and analytically unwarranted; each appears intended to conceal and justify crimes of starvation. One happened in Sudan, the other concerned the Gaza Strip.

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