The humanitarian aid funding cuts you never heard about

As AIJAC wrote last week, a UN claim that “Gaza is the hungriest place on earth” is simply false, according to aid agency data… Yemen, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the sites of some of the longest and most tragic wars that have ravaged the world in recent decades, impacted the biggest numbers of people and created the most severe humanitarian crises.

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No, Gaza is not “the hungriest place on earth”

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) spokesperson Jens Laerke had a similar fit of hyperbole, claiming that “Gaza is the hungriest place on earth.” He clearly had not checked his declaration with the World Food Programme (WFP) or hunger-tracking NGOs such as Action Against Hunger or Concern Worldwide.

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Peace first, then statehood

Recognition would be a no-brainer if Palestine was a state. The 1938 Montevideo Convention provides the definition of statehood, and Palestine doesn’t meet it (and never has). Which means recognition is about messaging: a country recognises Palestine to reward it; punish Israel; and/or signal its virtue.

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The hypocrisy of international outrage

A recent joint statement from the UK, France, and Canada, along with a similar one by 24 countries including Australia, criticising Israel’s military operations and humanitarian efforts, is just the latest example of manufactured indignation.

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